Þetta er fyrsta krossgátan sem birt var í heiminum.
Höfundur var Arthur Wynne og krossgátan birtist 21.12.1913 í Bandaríkjunum.
Hún var númeruð á annan hátt en sýnt er hér.  Númerin eru höfð hér í samræmi við núverandi venjur.

Lárétt 
	4	What bargain hunters enjoy. (5)
	6	A written acknowledgment. (7)
	8	Such and nothing more. (4)
	9	To cultivate. (4)
	11	A bird. (4)
	12	A bar of wood or iron. (4)
	14	Opposed to less. (4)
	15	What artists learn to do. (4)
	16	What this puzzle is. (4)
	18	Fastened. (4)
	19	An animal of prey. (4)
	21	Found on the seashore. (4)
	22	The close of a day. (7)
	24	To elude. (5)
	25	The plural of is. (3)
Lóðrétt 
	1	To govern. (4)
	2	Part of your head. (4)
	3	A fist. (4)
	4	A talon. (4)
	5	Part of a ship. (4)
	6	A day dream. (7)
	7	Exchanging. (7)
	8	What we all should be. (5)
	10	To sink in mud. (5)
	11	The fibre of the gomuti palm. (3)
	13	A boy. (3)
	17	A pigeon. (4)
	18	One. (4)
	20	A river in Russia. (4)
	21	To agree with. (4)
	23	An aromatic plant. (4)