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# Krestoslovitsa No. 78 in a 1943 émigré newspaper, the forgotten Russian name for a crossword
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/krestoslovitsa-zabytoe-russkoe-nazvanie-krossvorda/
- Published: 2023-09-01T20:55:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:36:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archive, Books, Mores

Krestoslovitsa ("cross-wordery") is the forgotten Russian name for the crossword. If you are sure of your breadth of knowledge and pride yourself on your erudition, do try your hand at this puzzle from an émigré newspaper of 1943.

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