Merchandising
Three official tie-in books were released in paperback on October 16, 2007:
- Merv Griffin's Crosswords Volume 1: 100 Easiest Puzzles
- Merv Griffin's Crosswords Volume 2: 100 Easy Puzzles
- Merv Griffin's Crosswords Volume 3: 100 Easy-to-Hard Puzzles
These puzzle books were edited by Timothy Parker, who supplied all the puzzles for the TV show and is puzzle editor for USA Today. It is unknown whether any of the puzzles used in the books were used in the series, but if this is the case then this would not hold true for at least 75 of the puzzles.
Advertisements during 2008 shows announced that a Crosswords game was available through the Xbox Live Arcade. The Xbox 360 console was featured as part of the grand prize package and as a sponsor for the Crossword Extras, which for a time became known as "Crossword Xbox 360 Extras."
A board game of the show was released by Hasbro in fall 2008, with a DVD version also in the works. Oberon Games released a downloadable PC game of Crosswords on February 11, 2008, and began selling it in retail chains later that year.
In 2008, Electronic Arts released a mobile version of Crosswords which was available for download at the show's website.
On November 19, 2008, THQ released a console version of Crosswords for the Wii.
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