Do crossword puzzles make people smarter?

纵填会让人变得更聪明吗？

That was Wil-- he's feeling a lot better. Apparently, he's 12-down in the TV Guide crossword puzzle.

那是威尔，他现在感觉好多了，很显然，他玩到电视指南纵的纵12行。

Yeah, we need to pause on the Crossword Cruise.

是的，我们得暂停一下《纵邮轮》。

What's a four-letter word for a crossword puzzle creator?

纵创作者的四英文单词是什么？

All that sweet, sweet crossword money.

所有的甜滋滋的纵钱。

This crossword puzzle is next to impossible.

【next to】这个纵几能做出来。

First of all, this is a crossword puzzle.

首先, 这是一个纵。

So that's two publishing houses that probably owe their existence to  this boom in crosswords in 1924.

此，有两家出版社能要感谢1924年纵的热潮而得以成立。

Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cobuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword and Scrabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their game.

《柯林斯高阶英语学习词典》的代理商伊莱恩·希格登解释说很多纵和拼游戏的爱好者都以读典提高自己玩游戏的水平为乐。

They just poo-pooed crosswords as this silly thing that they weren't going to get  involved in.

他们只是屑一顾地认为纵过是件愚蠢的事情，他们会参与其中。

Yeah, I have been enjoying your writings about the  crossword puzzle so much lately.

是的，我最近非常喜欢你写的关于纵的文章。

And ways to train your brain might be doing a crossword puzzle, playing chess, or studying a new language! Now I have a question for you, Neil.

训练方法以是玩纵游戏、下象棋或者学习一门新语言！现在，我要问你一个问题尼尔。

Well, it's the hundredth anniversary  of when crosswords really hit the big time in 1924.

这是一百年前纵真正大火的纪念，那是在1924年。

Crosswords had actually existed  for more than a decade before that.

纵实际上在此之前已经存在了十多年。

So the creation of the first crossword puzzle was in  1913.

所以第一个纵的创作是在1913年。

For example, it might be working out a new song on the piano, solving a problem, completing a crossword puzzle, creating website graphics, planning your travel budget, painting.

例如，能是在钢琴上写一首新歌，解决一个问题，完成纵，创建网站图形，规划你的旅行预算，绘画。

Aaron, the things you learn from doing the New York Times Crossword every day and the things you absorb when you're making them.

艾伦，每天做《纽约时报》纵所学到的知识，以及在制作这些题时所吸收的经验。

I'm here with Ben Zimmer from many places, including crosswordcraze.

我在这里和本·齐默一起，他来自很多地方，包括纵狂热网站。

Hmm. I think I might just lie down after the show with a box of chocolates and today's crossword… or maybe I'll memorize another shopping list… this time in Japanese.

嗯。我想做完节目之后我要躺下吃一盒巧克力，然后玩一下纵游戏，或者再背一份购物清单，这次背日语的。

And then his descendants have gone on  to become competitive crossword puzzle players.

然后他的后代成为了竞技纵玩家。