In this category you find all the crossword puzzles that have external texts and that do not fit into other categories, e.g. the Magic Square is the Classic per se, but you find this type of puzzle in the category Small Puzzles.

With the exceptions of Kriss Kross and Figure In, what all Classics have in common is that the end of a word is marked by a Blind Field (black square). Puzzles with heavy bars marking the ends of words are called Bar Puzzles.

Horizontal 1. Wane (3), 4. Proposed law (4), 7. Fibber (4), 9. Drudge (4), 10. Delete (5), 13. Chinese language (8), 14. Bird charity (1,1,1,1), 16. Stepped on (4), 19. Apron (8), 22. Overturn (liquid) (5), 23. Dictator, Idi ... (4), 24. Official language of Pakistan (4), 25. Hollow place (4), 26. Psychic powers (1,1,1) Vertical 2. Airship (5), 3. Sound produced by both lips (8), 4. Reared (4), 5. Play, “King ...” (4), 6. Arab prince (4), 8. Mountain peak in Scotland (3), 11. Fashion industry (3-5), 12. Prefix meaning “China” (4), 15. Slight mistake (4), 17. Brother of Romulus (5), 18. Bodywork damage (4), 19. Greek letter (3), 20. Asian palm (4), 21. Duct for smoke (4)

The integration of numbers, after a clue in brackets indicating the number of letters, is
optional (see above).

Almost all Classics are available with prize games, symmetries and shapes.