Crosswits

The teams consisted of two players (one celebrity and one contestant), solving words in a crossword puzzle (by virtue of clues), with six words to solve and with a clue word, all of which were clues to a keyword. Each correct answer kept control and earned one point per letter in the answer, plus a chance to solve the keyword for 10 bonus points. On the first two series, which were transmitted weekly, the teams played for pounds. Later in the run, teams always took turns whether they were right or wrong. There were also special rounds in the game: • Anagram round – the first letter of every answer in the crossword puzzle would make up the keyword. • Mystery round – finding a keyword after one clue without assistance from a clue word would win the contestant a small prize, such as a cordless phone or a pocket TV. • Song round – all clues were lyrics to a well-known song. The team with the most points when time ran out won the game, and played the same Crossfire round as the American version. The other player received a dictionary and thesaurus. Crossfire round The winning team was shown one last crossword puzzle with 10 words, none of which were clues to a master puzzle. If they could solve all ten clues in 60 seconds or less, the player would win a holiday, or a gold pen and pencil set otherwise. ==Transmissions==

Regional transmissions information 1985 The first series aired on Tuesday afternoons at 3pm, apart from TVS who aired the series on Thursday afternoons at the same time. Early 1987 The second series aired on Monday evenings at 6:30pm in the Tyne Tees region. The rest of the regions aired the series on Tuesday afternoons at 3pm. Late 1987 The third series aired on Tuesday to Thursday afternoons at 2pm, apart from TVS which aired the series on Monday afternoons at 3pm, but did not air all the episodes, and Channel which aired the series on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons at 3pm. 1988–94 From the fourth series up until the tenth series, the show aired on Monday to Friday mornings at 9:25am, just after TV-am/GMTV had finished. 1996 The eleventh series aired on Monday to Friday afternoons but was not networked. Depending on the region, it aired at random times in certain areas. • Carlton, Central, Tyne Tees, Westcountry and Yorkshire had shown the series at 1:25pm. • Ulster aired the episodes at 1:55pm. • Grampian put the shows out at 2:50pm. • Scottish aired the episodes at 2:20pm, but only four times a week. • Border and Granada aired the episodes at 5:10pm most days. • Anglia and Meridian aired the episodes on most days at 12:55pm. Anglia continued to broadcast more episodes, finishing on 24 January 1997. • HTV aired over half the episodes at 2:25pm, but did not complete the run. 1998 The twelfth series aired on Tuesday to Thursday afternoons at 1:50pm for the first 32 episodes from 6 January to 19 March. The last three episodes aired from 21 to 23 December 1998. ==External links==