GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS — The oldest letter is "O," unchanged in shape since its adoption in the Phoenician alphabet... The newest letters added to... English... are "j" and "v," which are of post-Shakespearean use. Formerly they were... variants of "i" and "u."
| A. | Square-cut printing type without serifs or hairlines | GOTHIC |
| B. | Manuscript written in a form of majuscule | UNCIAL |
| C. | Archetype in Platonism | IDEA |
| D. | Paper made from groundwood | NEWSPRINT |
| E. | Handy writing accessory | NOTEPAD |
| F. | Formal or didactic communication | EPISTLE |
| G. | Be grudging in giving or using | STINT |
| H. | Paper bundles | SHEAVES |
| I. | Home of the tale-telling wife in Chaucer | BATH |
| J. | Runic set of characters used by druids | OGHAM |
| K. | Printing process of transferring impressions | OFFSET |
| L. | A, B and C, for instance | KEYS |
| M. | The study of pronunciation | ORTHOEPY |
| N. | Language of the national epic "Kalevala" | FINNISH |
| O. | Fragment carried to the top of a new column | WIDOW |
| P. | Written with embellishments | ORNATE |
| Q. | Express in other words | RESTATE |
| R. | Dull, as writing | LEADEN |
| S. | Articulated, as "th" | DENTAL |
| T. | Anthology or omnibus | READER |
| U. | Size of folio about two feet high | ELEPHANT |
| V. | Style of type suggesting script | CURSIVE |
| W. | "... as you did command, I did repel his letters" speaker | OPHELIA |
| X. | German-born pioneer paper manufacturer in the American colonies (1644-1708) | RITTENHOUSE |
| Y. | Character written partially below a line, like "g" or "y" | DESCENDER |
| Z. | Mogul emperor (1592-1666) who sponsored the calligrapher Amanat Khan (2 wds.) | SHAHJAHAN |