Episode One
75 Numerical Crosswords for Adults · Beginner to Advanced · Solutions Included
Paperback, 8.5 × 11 in, on Amazon. We'll add the link here when it's published.
A Lost in Pages series
CROSS FIGURES
Numerical crosswords for adults. Every clue is a sum or a fact, and every answer goes in one digit per square. Calculator allowed.
How a cross figure works
A cross figure looks like a crossword, but you fill it with digits instead of letters. Some clues are plain sums. Others use another answer in the grid, or describe the number, such as a palindrome or a square number. Where the answers cross, the digits have to agree, so each one you solve helps with the next.
No answer begins with zero, and a calculator is allowed throughout.
Three levels
Each book has 75 puzzles, 25 at each level, one puzzle per page, with the solutions at the back.
Beginner9 × 9 grid · gentle sums and short answers
Intermediate11 × 11 grid · more answers that lean on each other
Advanced11 × 11 grid · two-step clues and trickier number facts
Themes
Most puzzles have a theme, and its everyday facts turn up in the clues.
- Time
- Money
- Measurement
- Calendar
- Percentages
- Shapes & Angles
- Games
- Sport
- Classic
The books
Printable packs
Smaller packs of puzzles as printable PDFs (A4 and US Letter), from our Etsy shop.
A UK edition
Cross Figures uses pounds and pence, metric units and British sport. If you're solving from elsewhere, the clue guide has a short list of the UK facts used in the puzzles.
Mailing list opening soon
New puzzles are on the way. Check back here for news of the next episode.
Enjoy getting lost in the numbers.