Contestants Eddee Colos and Ed Young both won $12,800.At the time, Treadway was also the host of the unsold game show pilot called Combination Lock.This was the only show that was not produced by Sony Pictures Television.Although the title is in his name, this was the first and only show that was not hosted by Griffin at all.He was credited posthumously as executive producer. Creator and executive producer Merv Griffin died before this show premiered.In earlier episodes, the winning contestant won $100 for each word correctly solved win or lose.Ī Board Game was Released by Parker Brothers in 2008.Ī DVD version was planned to be in the works by Parker Brothers, but it was never released.Ī DS version was planned to be in the works by THQ but alas, it was cancelled before it was even started.Īn updated version of " Buzzword" by Merv Griffin (also used as a prize cue on Wheel of Fortune and the unsold pilot of the same name from 1986.) While the show was sponsored by Microsoft's XBOX 360 video game system, the system in question was also a grand prize. Successfully completing the crossword puzzle before time ran out won an extra $2,000 (later $5,000) and a trip. He/she can pass on a word and may return to it later although there's no penalty for an incorrect guess. He/she picked off a word (by number and direction), and then must answer it and spell it after hearing the clue. In the bonus game, the winning contestant had 90 seconds to fill in the rest of the puzzle. The winner of the game kept all the cash (and trips) and went on to the bonus game where he/she can fill in the remainder of the crossword puzzle for more cash and a trip. If the game ended in a tie, one final crossword clue was played in which the winner of that clue became the victor. The front player with the most money won the game. So therefore, the Crossword Extras were renamed Crossword XBOX 360 Extras. In later weeks, there were three Crossword Extras (one in each round) throughout the game but after the removal of the Crossword Getaways, there were five Extras (one in round one, and two in the last two rounds).įor a brief period, the show was sponsored by XBOX 360. The player who buzzed in with the correct answer to the first word, had a chance to solve the extra for $300 in round 1 and $600 in round 2. There were only two Crossword Extras and neither one was part of the main puzzle, so they were just what they sounded like.
Players can wager at least $500 in round 1 $1,000 in round 2 and $2,000 in round 3. There was one in rounds one and three and 2 in round two. On later episodes, there were 4 Crossword Extras. A correct answer added the wager, but an incorrect answer deducted the wager. This was where the player who answered a clue had a chance to wager any or all of his/her current dollar total (or up to $500 for round 1 or $1,000 in rounds 2 and 3 if he/she had less than those amounts) on a follow-up clue. There were 3 Crossword Extras in total for the early episodes (1 for each round). Some of the words in the puzzle were special that either affected gameplay or won a prize.Ī correct answer to that word exposed that special, and won a trip which was inserted into the bank. On one episode of the show, the round 3 format seen here was used. (*) = The score format for round 3 was the same as round 2. Should both the front players miss or if they don't buzz in at all, that's when the Spoilers come in to play if any of the Spoilers came up with the correct answer, they had a choice of which front podium to steal if only one of the front players misses, then the Spoilers can only take that podium either way, that Spoiler (who's now one of the front players) was also credited with the value of the clue. The Spoilers can ring in at any time but the front row players always get to answer first. In the last two rounds, the main players were joined by three extra contestants called "Spoilers" who stood behind podiums behind the main contestants. The first player to buzz-in with a correct answer wins money for the question, but an incorrect answer loses money and gave the other player a chance to answer. When answering, they must spell out the answer after saying the answer, and some answers may contain more than one word. In the first round, the two main contestants filled in the words in the day's crossword puzzle by solving its clues one at a time. They played with the same crossword puzzle for the entire show.
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