sentences:  The first newspaper crosswords appeared in the "Sunday" and "Daily Express" from about 1924.Crosswords were gradually taken up by other newspapers, appearing in the "Daily Telegraph" from 1925, "The Manchester Guardian" from 1929 and "The Times" from 1930.These newspaper puzzles were almost entirely non-cryptic at first and gradually used more cryptic clues, until the fully cryptic puzzle as known today became widespread.