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{{Infobox album
| name       = Crossword Puzzle
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Partridge Family]]
| cover      = Crossword Puzzle - The Partridge Family.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 1973
| recorded   = California
| venue      =
| studio     = [[United Western Recorders|United Western]] (Hollywood)
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 31:31
| label      = [[Bell Records|Bell]]
| producer   = [[Wes Farrell]]
| prev_title = [[The Partridge Family Notebook]]
| prev_year  = 1972
| next_title = [[Bulletin Board (album)|Bulletin Board]]
| next_year  = 1973
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref Name=AM1>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000112504 |label=Review |first=Lindsay |last=Planer |accessdate=17 March 2020 }}</ref>
}}
'''''Crossword Puzzle''''' is the seventh and penultimate studio album by [[The Partridge Family]]. Released in June 1973, it was the last Partridge Family album to chart in the US, entering [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Billboard 200|Top LP's]] chart in July and peaking at no. 167 in its second of just five weeks in the Top 200. [[Bell Records]], losing faith in the group after oversaturating the market with product, chose not to release a US single from the album, though "Sunshine" was released as a single in Japan.

The LP cover featured a crossword puzzle, with the answers given inside on one side of the dust sleeve. As with previous release ''[[The Partridge Family Notebook]]'', the American album cover of ''Crossword Puzzle'' included no group photo, but did feature small black-and-white photos of [[Shirley Jones]] (at left) and [[David Cassidy]] (at right).

In 2003 the album was released on [[Compact disc|CD]] on [[Arista Records|Arista]]'s [[BMG Heritage Records]] label.

==Track listing==
All tracks, except "It's A Long Way To Heaven", "Now That You Got Me Where You Want Me" and "Let Your Love Go", were featured on the TV show (mainly from Season 3).

{{tracklisting
| headline  = Side one
| title1  = One Day at a Time
| writer1   = {{hlist|[[Terry Cashman]]|[[Tommy West (producer)|Tommy West]]}}
| length1   = 3:00
| title2  = Sunshine
| writer2   = {{hlist|[[Wes Farrell]]|Danny Janssen|[[Boyce and Hart|Bobby Hart]]}}
| length2   = 2:43
| title3  = As Long As There's You
| writer3   = [[Tony Romeo]]
| length3   = 2:57
| title4  = It's a Long Way to Heaven
| writer4   = [[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]]
| length4   = 2:39
| title5  = Now That You Got Me Where You Want Me
| writer5   = {{hlist|Wes Farrell|Danny Janssen|Bobby Hart}}
| length5   = 2:45
| title6  = It Means I'm in Love with You
| writer6   = {{hlist|Tony Romeo|Ralph Landis}}
| length6   = 4:00
}}

{{tracklisting
| headline  = Side two
| total_length  = 
| title1  = Come On Love
| writer1   = {{hlist|Terry Cashman|Tommy West}}
| length1   = 3:43
| title2  = I Got Your Love All Over Me
| writer2   = {{hlist|[[Johnny Cymbal]]|Peggy Clinger}}
| length2   = 2:39
| title3  = Let Your Love Go
| writer3   = {{hlist|Wes Farrell|Danny Janssen|Bobby Hart}}
| length3   = 2:19
| title4  = It Sounds Like You're Saying Hello
| writer4   = {{hlist|Terry Cashman|Tommy West}}
| length4   = 2:54
| title5  = It's You
| writer5   = {{hlist|[[Johnny Cymbal]]|Peggy Clinger}}
| length5   = 2:07
}}

==Personnel==

* [[John Bahler]] -  vocal arrangement, background vocals
* [[Tom Bahler]] - background vocals
* Stan Farber - background vocals - uncredited (A6)
* Jerry Whitman - background vocals - uncredited (B2)
* [[Max Bennett (musician)|Max Bennett]] - bass
* [[Hal Blaine]] - drums
* [[Dennis Budimir]] - guitar
* [[Larry Carlton]] - guitar
* [[David Cassidy]] - vocals
* Pete Ciccone - re-design
* [[Wes Farrell]] - rhythm arrangements
* Elliott Federman - mastering
* Mike Hartry - digital transfers
* [[Ron Hicklin]] - background vocals
* Jeremy Holiday - production coordination
* [[John Hudson (producer)|John Hudson]] - product manager
* [[Shirley Jones]] - vocals
* [[Larry Knechtel]] - keyboards
* Bob Kovach - engineer
* [[Mike Melvoin]] - string and horn arrangements, keyboards
* [[Joe Osborn]] - bass
* Rob Santos - re-issue producer
* [[Louie Shelton]] - guitar
* Lisa Sutton - liner notes
* [[Tommy Tedesco]] - guitar
* [[Jackie Ward]] - background vocals
* Beverly Weinstein - art direction
* [[Winston Wong]] - assistant engineer

Track information and credits adapted from ''[[AllMusic]]''<ref name=AM2>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crossword-puzzle-mw0000112504/credits |title=Personnel Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=18 March 2020 }}</ref>

==Releases==
* CD	Crossword Puzzle Buddha Records	 2001
* CD	Crossword Puzzle BMG Heritage	 2003
* CD	Crossword Puzzle Sbme Special Mkts.	 2008
* CD	Crossword Puzzle BMG Heritage

==Recording dates==
4 September 1971
*"As Long As There's You"
*"Come On Love"

1 May 1972
*"One Day at a Time"
*"It Means I'm in Love with You" (see 23 May 1972)
*"It Sounds Like You're Saying Hello"
*"It's You"

23 May 1972
*"It Means I'm In Love With You" (Re-Record, see 1 May 1972)

4 September 1972
*"Sunshine"
*"Let Your Love Go"

22 September 1972
*"It's a Long Way to Heaven"
*"Now That You've Got Me Where You Want Me"
*"I've Got Your Love All Over Me"

See recording dates for this and other Partridge Family albums at ''The Partridge Family Recording Sessions''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmongethappy.com/aguide/recordingsessions.html |title=The Partridge Family Recording Sessions |publisher=cmongethappy |access-date=18 March 2020 }}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1973)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|167|artist=The Partridge Family}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Partridge Family}}


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[[Category:The Partridge Family albums]]
[[Category:1973 albums]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Mike Melvoin]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Wes Farrell]]
[[Category:Bell Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at United Western Recorders]]

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