The grid for this crossword uses hexagonal cells. Numbers appear in black cells and each answer is written in the six hexes around it, with the starting square and direction for each answer left to the solver to determine based on matching letters from adjacent words. There are two variations: In one, the grid is rectangular and the numbers lie in a rectangular lattice of cells. In the other, the grid is hexagonal and the rows of numbered cells are staggered so that every pair of adjacent words shares two letters. Old Dell magazines used to run both versions, calling the hexagonal-shaped grid Inner Circles.
Also called: Inner Circles puzzle
Puzzles
MIT Mystery Hunt 1995 37: Angularium
MIT Mystery Hunt 2001 A Hex on You!
MIT Mystery Hunt 2002 Piles of Hexagons (variant)
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