Perhaps not familiar to our members US side but my favourite Crossword puzzle ever is the one set by one Albert Steptoe in Steptoe and Son. It is based on his Scrabble game which was basically bordering on the obscene . It results in the Church Parish Magazine, in which it was published , being impounded by the Police .
I love the conclusion of the episode when Harold returns [having had his own article about Totting , which he considers a masterpiece go up in smoke when the magazines were incinerated] and tells Albert "I only have three things to say to you 6 Across , 10 Across and 13 Down " Albert replies saying " Don't you say that to me I'm your Father " to which Harold replies "Not according to 27 down " and so the insults continue with a nod to the Crossword answers . I just think it is brilliant scripting by Galton and Simpson .