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Thus Arthur Wynne is credited as the inventor of what is arguably the first mobile game—the American-style crossword puzzle, notable for its intellectual challenge and...
Mar 17, 2024 · The first crosswords appeared in England during the 19th century. They were of an elementary kind apparently derived from the word square, a group of words arranged so the letters read alike vertically and horizontally, and printed in children’s puzzle books and various periodicals.
Feb 5, 2018 · The history of crossword puzzles dates back to 1913 with the first crossword puzzle. 100 years later, Crossword Hobbyist launches the first in-browser crossword puzzle creation software for newspaper-style puzzles.
Feb 14, 2017 · Jean Sherman of New York City, N.Y. proposed to Peter Sherman in the September 11, 1989 puzzle, after working with then-editor Eugene T. Maleska to get both their names, “proposes ...
Mar 17, 2020 · The first “Word-Cross Puzzle” was invented out of desperation by Arthur Wynne, the British-born editor of the Sunday color supplement (titled, simply, “FUN”) for Joseph Pulitzer’s...
Apr 24, 2019 · While the exact origins are often disputed, the first iteration of what we typically consider the first crossword puzzle dates back to December 21, 1913. In 1913, a Sunday newspaper titled The New York World tasked staff writer Arthur Wynne with creating a brand new game to include in the paper.
Dec 17, 2022 · It was constructed by Charles Erlenkotter (1881-1948) on a 23-by-23 grid; a tear sheet of the original is in The Times’s archive. It was edited by Margaret Farrar (1897-1984), who was already known...
