Crossword Puzzle as a Type of Text

Abstract

The present article deals with the crossword puzzles which have originated from ordinary riddless. Recently various puzzles have considerably grown in number and variety. Plenty of them are constantly published in magazines and newspapers. As a text, puzzles have a number of peculiarities such as: a questionanswer system, brevity, absence of rhyme, a dialogue-based form, plurality of meanings, pun an so on. A puzzle in a crossword belongs to ludic texts and has become increasingly widespread.