Double crossword game apparatus

Claim 1

A double crossword game apparatus, comprising a rectangular game board having a rectangular grid thereon defining a plurality of vertical, longitudinal columns of boxes and a plurality of horizontal, transverse rows of boxes, a central one of the vertical columns having numerals in the respective boxes, said vertical columns being five in number on the game board, two of the vertical columns being located to the right of said central column and the other two vertical columns being located to the left of the central column, so that words of five letters can be spelled out horizontally across the game board in each row thereof, the numerals in the central column being respectively 1 through 12, said rows being 12 in number corresponding to the numerals respectively in said central column; two decks of cards for placement in the boxes of said grid, each deck having at least 102 cards, each of the cards having a letter of the alphabet thereon, each deck having cards with all the letters of the alphabet thereon, a plurality of cards in each deck each having the same letter thereon, the letters on the cards of each deck having a certain characteristic color different from the color of letters in the other deck; a spinner for selecting a number and thereby determining the number of cards to be assigned each player and the number of letters in each word to be spelled out by each team in said vertical columns on opposite sides of said central column, said spinner having a circular base, a manually rotatable wheel on the base, and an index pointer on the base extending radially over the wheel, said wheel having arcuate segments of progressively smaller length with progressively larger numbers marked in the respective segments and ranging from number 5 through number 12; and rectangular trays, each having two compartments for holding a stockpile of cards remaining in a deck after cards are distributed to the players in a team and for holding cards discarded by a player in a team.