sentences:  Alan Plater's 1994 novel Oliver's Travels (turned into a BBC television serial of the same name in 1995) centres round crossword solving and the hunt for a missing compiler.Crosswords have also featured in TV series like "The Simpsons" and "The West Wing".They feature prominently in the 1945 British romantic drama film "Brief Encounter", scripted by playwright Noël Coward, which is number two in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British films.