The days of Consulting a worn dog-eared print dictionary seem to be behind us now. Nice desktop alternatives such as WordWeb make us miss them a little less. There used to be a time when you would ...

For years, crosswords have been a popular pastime, stretching brains and broadening vocabularies. The happy click of a pen against paper has for years been a sign of victory over a vexing clue. But in ...

Anne Bradford, author and cruciverbalist who devised the first dictionary for crossword solvers – obituary She had the idea for her indispensable reference work in 1957 after stumbling over a clue ...