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* One Jared Jewelers commercial has the woman using a supposed crossword clue "what's a fourteen letter word for marriage proposal?" as a way of telling her mother that her fiancee went to Jared's.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Batman]]: Hush'', the Riddler is seen to do a crossword puzzle without the clues. He seems to think it makes him look really intelligent, but it shows him for the fool he is--''the clues are there to tell the player what to think of.''

 

== [[Film]] ==

== [[Literature]] ==

* In the [[Young Bond]] novel ''Double or Die'', a kidnapped teacher/crossword compiler plants clues to his abduction in his final cryptic crossword.

** These types of crosswords are described by Internet humorist Lore Sjoberg as involving [https://web.archive.org/web/20100324050320/http://www.bookofratings.com/pencilpuzzles.html "anagrams, wordplay, and trafficking in the occult"].

* Characterization-by-crossword in "Swellhead", a short story by [[Kim Newman]]: Two of the characters have subscriptions to a high-end crossword magazine that "scorned newspaper distribution. The publishers set an entrance exam for the subscription list, charging on a sliding scale, lower price for higher grades." One character, who has a pretentious streak and an inflated opinion of himself, pays £1,000 a year for the privilege of being counted a subscriber. The other, to whom he considers himself superior, gets his for free.

* [[Isaac Asimov]]'s YA mystery "The Key Word" hides the keyword for a cipher in the ''New York Times'' crossword.

* In ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', Smiley spots a London ''Times'' crossword filled out completely, in ink, in the apartment of a psychologically disintegrating but still-sharp former operative.

 

* Michael Westen in ''[[Burn Notice]]'' sometimes receives messages from the mysterious organization that burned him in the form of crossword puzzles.

* Used comically in the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Pez Dispenser". At the end, George asks Jerry, "What's a three-letter word for candy?" Jerry says, "Sorry, I don't know."

* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has featured several that Jason composed for the sole purpose of insulting Paige.

 

* One song from ''Starting Here, Starting Now'' follows a woman filling out a crossword puzzle and pondering her recent break-up, since they always used to do the crossword together. It turns out that she always got the answers before he did, and he left her for a [[Dumb Blonde|floozy]] who didn't threaten his intelligence.

 

* In ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'', Sheen is shown to be doing a crossword puzzle in ink in the episode where his brainpower is increased. When Cindy points out that it's not that impressive since her dad does the same thing, Sheen reveals that the crossword puzzle is from the Beijing Times.

* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Mr. Krabs answers "money" in all five-letter word clues.

 

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