People assigned to do crossword puzzles showed typical cognitive one-year declines, Dr. Wolinsky said.
In other words, a crossword puzzle may be a good remedy for an ailing attention span.
International Herald Tribune: Especially for American expats who cannot live without The New York Times crossword.
Atchison, Hefner and Rice all started with crossword puzzles mostly just to fight off boredom.
The crossword in the Guardian was set by the Reverend John Graham, 91, known as Araucaria.
In the film's second half, the focus shifts to the Annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, Conn.
She aims to play an eccentric crossword puzzle fan who becomes fixated on a cameraman for CNN.
She is the first person I would ask if I was having trouble finishing a crossword puzzle or Sudoku.
In 1942 the school placed an anonymous letter in the Daily Telegraph to recruit people who were crossword puzzle experts.
Such is the complexity of the region that navigating its myriad villages and vineyards is akin to solving a cryptic crossword.
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One of Britain's most celebrated crossword setters has used one of his own puzzles to announce he is dying of cancer.
Critical to unraveling the mystery of what actually happened on that day are a crossword puzzle and the ex-President's seemingly random jottings.
And in doing so, this trio of amateur wordsmiths belongs to one of baseball's quirkiest subcultures: pitchers who double as crossword nerds.
"A crossword puzzle also narrows your focus for a while, " Murray said.
They want not an immersive experience, but a time filler, akin to doing a crossword, says Ben Wood of Gartner, a consultancy.
He also said he was "very touched" by the reaction to the crossword, which first appeared in the puzzle magazine 1 Across.
"Our whole thing is so 'rock': we do crossword puzzles, " she says.
The three Met crossword enthusiasts all said that wherever they go, they meet at least one or two players who also enjoy puzzles.
By 10 a.m. on this summer day, without any orders called in for his execution, Lavender passes the time with a crossword puzzle.
The theory is that a person who tracks down an out-of-date article or a crossword clue probably cares enough to pay for it.
Former Yankees pitcher (and Stanford grad) Mike Mussina got so good at them that he appeared in "Wordplay, " a 2006 documentary about crossword puzzles.
Protesters in front of the county's elections supervisor's office demanded a "re-vote" in the race because of what one plaintiff described as "crossword puzzle" ballots.
Or did they just read the funnies and do the crossword.
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On a folding wooden chair next to her cot sits a can of sunflower seeds and a stack of crossword puzzles from a local Russian-language newspaper.
In Britain, where fierce competition between national dailies probably rules out all-encompassing pay walls, newspapers nonetheless charge for crossword tips and participation in fantasy sport leagues.
Three hours, two crossword puzzles and half a novel about a juicy divorce later, we hovered over a paradise of crisp white sand and sparkling turquoise water.
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To help stave off the cognitive decline of aging, you might want to drop the crossword puzzle and head out for a brisk walk or a bike ride.
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Faces buried in a newspaper, pens in hand, Scott Atchison, Jeremy Hefner and Scott Rice spend their mornings racing to finish the daily crossword puzzle before first pitch.
The connection between baseball and crossword puzzles goes back generations.
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