You can play the giant crossword online below. To play at home, print off the PDFs below or pick up the Saturday, Dec. 20 Globe and Mail. Solutions for the crossword will appear in print in our Pursuits section on Dec. 27.

27D. I thought that the [Stick by a fireplace] might be a poker, but my crossings told me I was wrong. (Yes, my puzzle talks to me — what of it?) In this puzzle, the stick is a MATCH.

Crossword puzzles took off in the United States over a century ago, before the pastime soon spread to England.

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