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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (born March 23, 1897, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died June 11, 1984, New York City) was an American editor whose enormously popular series of crossword puzzle books capitalized on the nascent American passion for those diversions.
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Jun 12, 1984 · She was 87 years old. Mrs. Farrar, the original crossword- puzzle editor for The New York Times from 1942 until her retirement in 1969, was still busily at work up until a few weeks ago.
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Probably the most important person in the world of the crossword puzzle is a slight, charming sixty-one-year-old woman named Margaret Farrar, who helped launch the craze in her youth and is...
Once called the "world's supreme authority on crosswords," Margaret Farrar was the first editor of the much-revered crossword puzzles of The New York Times and also collaborated on the first Cross Word Puzzle Book. Before her retirement in 1968, she had edited over 130 collections of puzzles.
Feb 14, 2017 · Feb. 15, 1942. Margaret Farrar and the First New York Times Crossword. ‘Profession and passion’. The New York Times becomes the last major metropolitan daily newspaper in the country to offer a...
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