# Puzzling Crossword. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080 "2004-09-20T02:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xenonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xenonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/1 "2004-09-20T02:29:25Z")
I’ve heard of a really difficult crossword puzzle called ‘Mead’s Meadow’ or ‘Meadow’s Mead’ - I think the concept was that the answers to some clues were integral to the solution of other clues. I can’t find any reference to the puzzle anywhere… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/2 "2004-09-20T02:58:31Z")
I remember one called Dog’s mead, which was a numeric crossword. It was on the puzzles page of an actuarial magazine that I read many years ago. Perhaps you’re thinking of this? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/3 "2004-09-20T04:14:30Z")
Here’s a [link](http://home.clara.net/john.w/pigpuzz.html) to the Dogs mead puzzle I mentioned earlier. ---
**Author:** ![xenonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xenonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/4 "2004-09-20T04:48:59Z")
Thank-you so Much… that’s the one! I had a sentimental reason for trying to find it because my Dad told me about it when I was about 10 but he passed away a few years ago and I had no other point of reference. Those Actuaries have a keen sense of fun don’t they… ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/5 "2004-09-20T05:51:37Z")
Quite a few crossword magazines still have similar puzzles, although with neither the character or the emotional sognificance of the one linked above. I remember that one company (maybe Dell) runs them under the name “Figure Logic.” They’re good fun, and I’m not even an actuary! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/6 "2004-09-20T06:46:18Z")
\*\*xenonymous \*\* - I hope you enjoy solving Dog’s mead. When I first saw it I remember spending quite a bit of time working it out when I should have been doing other, more important things - like studying for my actuarial exams! ---
**Author:** ![xenonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xenonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/7 "2004-09-20T21:42:42Z")
**Cunctator** - I really enjoyed grappling with Dog’s Mead… although I had to have a little sleep in this morning to recover. Glad to know you aren’t reading actuarial magazines just for the fun of it! Just kidding - I bet there’s some pretty interesting stuff in those mags. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-crossword/265080/8 "2004-09-21T03:30:21Z")
Mrs. Gooby is 86 years old.