From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhb5c!mhb5b!smb
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Title: Crossword puzzle newsgroup?
Article-I.D.: mhb5b.164
Posted: Thu Mar  3 10:52:54 1983
Received: Tue Mar  8 06:12:58 1983

Would anyone be interested in a newsgroup to discuss crossword puzzles,
in particular the N.Y. Times crossword puzzle?  I'm not interested in
answers -- those are printed the next day (or week), but I'd often like
some explanation or confirmation of the solution, i.e., is the ancient
Mayan word for homoerotic bestiality *really* xyzzy (or whatever).

Other possible uses for the newsgroup would include discussion and maybe
distribution of puzzle-solving tools -- dictionaries, modified versions of
egrep that can handle intersections, etc.

Reply to me, and I'll post the results.  (Oh yes -- a name.  How about
net.games.xword?)


		--Steve Bellovin
		{rabbit,mhb5b}!smb