Crossword words

I have been enjoying crossword puzzless for over 40 years (I can still remember encountering Jai Alai for the first time, and thinking it was a person, not a sport). Nevertheless, 40 years beyond that first dim memory, I often encounter jai alai as a reliable entry in many crosswords. I cannot imagine the demise of crosswords. Royalty; movie stars; blue-, white-, and pink-collar workers; students; children; stay-at-home husbands or wives; detectives; characters in books...the list of crossword aficionados (and their ilk) is endless. The only people I know who don't do them tell me they are too intimated to even try. Too bad; they have no idea what they're missing (adit, awn, olio, among others)