A crossword puzzle should be symmetrical. The diagram on the following page certainly is -- even though it looks more like a maze than a crossword puzzle

Beaman, Ralph G.

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102 SYMMETRY YRTEMMYS RALPH G. BEAMAN Boothwyn, Pennsylvania A crossword puzzle should be symm.etrical. The diagram on the following page certainly is -- even though it looks more like a maze than aero s sword puzzle. You are asked to solve it backward; that is, enter each word right-to-left (back) or bottom-to-top (up). For example, if the answer to Back 14 were ALARM (it isn't) , enter MRALA with the end A at intersection 14. If you can 1 t think backwards, you could do the puzzle upside­down; but you wouldn I t do that, would you? As you work on this era s swor d puzzle, you will soon discover that the words in it share an unusual property. In fact, it is believed that the puzzle contains all words from Webster 1 s New International Dictionary, Third Edition of six 0 r more letter s having this pro­perty: 9 letters: 43 back 8 letters: 7 letters: 15 back, 29 back, 58 back, 13 up, ~4 up, 41 up, 42up 6 letters: 9 back, 10 back, 5 up, 6 up, 28 up, 31 up, 48 up, 49 up If you dis cover any words not in this puzzle, please let us know. The solution to this puzzle is given in Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue. The first column on the next page lists the definitions corresponding to the right-to-left words (back), and the second column lists the definitions corresponding to the bottom­to-top words (up) . 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