Crossword puzzle game and method of generating the same

A method of generating a crossword puzzle type game comprising the steps of:

• generating a plurality of clues from each of which a player can determine a solution;
• providing an answer grid upon which a player may indicate said solution to each of said plurality of provided clues, said answer grid comprising a plurality of interconnected squares wherein each of said squares is designed to contain one letter of at least one of said solutions;
• determining a subset of an alphabet, said subset comprising a plurality of different letters of said alphabet;
• placing added indicia within at least one of said squares of said answer grid, said added indicia indicating to said player that a letter to be placed in said at least one square including added indicia is to be selected from said subset;
• whereby said player is assisted in determining the proper answer to at least one of said provided clues.

A crossword puzzle comprising:

• a plurality of written clues;
• a solution to each of said plurality of clues, said solutions dissociated from said puzzle;
• an answer grid having a plurality of interconnected squares wherein each of said squares is designed to contain one letter corresponding to a letter in said solution to each written clue, each solution corresponding to a finite number of squares in said answer grid;
• and,
• indicia associated with one or more if said squares to assist a player in determining that the letter of said solution corresponding to said square having indicia is to be selected from a particular subset of an alphabet, said subset comprising a plurality of different letters of said alphabet.