When Game SHOWS Were at Their Peak

[Dbacksfan12]

I have to respectfully disagree.  There's nothing entertaining about watching people miss eleventy guesses to solve KUMQUAT.

[Kevin Prather]

I have to respectfully disagree.  There's nothing entertaining about watching people miss eleventy guesses to solve KUMQUAT.

Maybe Megaword wasn't as good of an example as Clue. Another example is the Before & After puzzle "A Streetcar Named Desire Under the Elms". Very highbrow compared to most puzzles today.

[BrandonFG]

I loved Clue as well, along with Say The Next Line. It was another category - if not Clue - where Charlie would ask a follow-up question in a mysterious voice.

I miss when the show made quirky changes like that. Crossword from the present is another one I like, at least on paper.

[mystery7]

I loved Clue as well, along with Say The Next Line. It was another category - if not Clue - where Charlie would ask a follow-up question in a mysterious voice.

I miss when the show made quirky changes like that. Crossword from the present is another one I like, at least on paper.

The "don't add anything else" rule is a big gotcha. It's just "word, word, word, word." I see the point of it but it's so easy for players to lose when they give all four of the words but slip in an innocent "and" to link them all together.

[Joe Mello]

The "don't add anything else" rule is a big gotcha. It's just "word, word, word, word." I see the point of it but it's so easy for players to lose when they give all four of the words but slip in an innocent "and" to link them all together.

The thing is, it's always been "you must say exactly what's on the board," so that doesn't actually change just because it's a crossword. You still have to say only what's on the board, just in a word order of your choice.

[Kevin Prather]

The "don't add anything else" rule is a big gotcha. It's just "word, word, word, word." I see the point of it but it's so easy for players to lose when they give all four of the words but slip in an innocent "and" to link them all together.

The thing is, it's always been "you must say exactly what's on the board," so that doesn't actually change just because it's a crossword. You still have to say only what's on the board, just in a word order of your choice.

And Crossword isn't the first category whose puzzles are not cohesive statements. "Fill in the Blank" was the same way. If you can avoid the "and" in FITB, you can avoid it in Crossword.

/Did "and" missolves happen with FITB?