Crosswords

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Why are crossword layouts symmetrical?

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They aren't always. But some newspaper editors may consider that symmetrical crossword grids looks nicer on the page.

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Click http://bryson.ltd.uk/glossary.html for a web-page with a glossary of everything you could ever hope to know about crosswords! Scroll down to the heading 'Diagram' and click on the blue words 'diagramless example' for an asymmetrical grid and further on down to the heading 'Symmetry' for more information on that.