Let's Play Crosswords (Johnsonverse)

Let's Play Crosswords (also simply called Crosswords) is an American game show based on crossword puzzles. The show was created by Merv Griffin, who died shortly after beginning production on the series. Ryan Hesse is the host, and Edd Hall is the announcer.
The series has run in daily syndication since September 10, 2007. The show is produced by Merv Griffin Entertainment, and is distributed by King World Productions. Its 16th season premiered on September 12, 2022.
==Gameplay==
Crosswords pits three contestants in direct competition, filling in answers in the day's crossword puzzle one at a time in a random but predetermined order, building up a cash jackpot that the day's winner plays for in the bonus round. The answer boxes denoting the number of letters in a word is shown with a crossword clue and a dollar value. As the game progresses, a word can have multiple blanks already filled in.
After the clue is read, the contestants can ring in, with the order they do so denoted on the screens on the front of their podiums. A contestant has to give a correct answer and then spell it correctly in order to earn the money attached to the clue. If the contestant misspells the word, does not come up with the correct solution, or fails to give an answer, the amount of the clue is deducted from their score.
===Special words===
===Crossword Getaway===
===Crossword Extra===
===Bonus round===
Its bonus round consists of
==Production==
Crosswords is recorded at Stage 12 in the Johnson Studios lot in San Jose, next to the stages where Wheel of Fortune (Stage 11) and Jeopardy! (Stage 10, now the Alex Trebek Stage) are recorded.
The theme song is an updated version of "Buzzword," written by Griffin. The original version was used as a prize cue on Wheel of Fortune in the late 1980s and early 1990s. From 2007 to 2013, it was arranged by Tim Mosher and Andy "Stoker" Growcott (credited as "Tim Mosher & Stoker"). From 2013 to 2021, the theme was arranged by John Hoke. The current arrangement by Hoke in tandem with Bleeding Fingers Music was introduced with the fifteenth season in 2021.
==Broadcast history==
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==Merchandising==
Crosswords has received 
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