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   When was a crossword puzzle invented?

   • 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. The result was a diamond-shaped, early version of the crossword puzzle, initially called a “word-cross.”

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   Why is it called a crossword puzzle?

   • Then, through a fortunate, but now historic spelling mistake, the hyphen was left out and the game was henceforth known as a “crossword.” It was not long before other newspapers, and even other countries, began recognizing the value of the crossword puzzle.

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   When did crossword puzzles become popular?

   • During the 1920s, the United States fell in love with the crossword puzzle. As its popularity spread and newspapers across the country began to feature them, the puzzle evolved and over time took the form we are familiar with today – a large box populated by numbered white squares and empty black squares.

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   Why did the New York Times start a crossword puzzle?

   • The New York Times, the only major metropolitan newspaper that initially dismissed crossword puzzles as a ‘sinful waste’ and an ‘utterly futile finding of words’, eventually succumbed to the crossword craze, introducing their first crossword in 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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   May 19, 2023 · Modern-day crossword puzzles are said to have been invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, a British-born journalist who worked in the United States. He created the first crossword puzzle for the “New York World” newspaper, and it was initially called a “word-cross puzzle” due to a typographical error.

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   Word games have basically been around since words were invented, but crossword puzzles are actually a relatively modern invention. 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 Worldtasked staff...

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   It was not long before other newspapers, and even other countries, began recognizing the value of the crossword puzzle. The first crossword published in Britain came in February, 1922, in an issue of Pearson’s Magazine. Arguably, one of the most well-known iterations of the crossword puzzle is the edition in The New York Times. However, The New Yor...

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   Over the past few decades, crossword puzzles have transformed into the cultural phenomena that we know today. During that journey, there have been many important milestones. In 1978, the first ever American crossword puzzle tournament was hosted in Connecticut. It was organized by none other than the unofficial crossword king, Will Shortz, the long...

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4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2021/12/27Escaping Into the Crossword Puzzle | The New Yorker

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   Dec 20, 2021 · The earliest innovators of the puzzle’s form were women: in 1914, the first crossword puzzle published under a byline was created by Mrs. M. B. Wood; in 1929, Mildred Jaklon, the founding...

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   Jul 21, 2015 · A Brief History of Crossword Puzzles. Crossword puzzles, like so many things I love, originated in England in the 19th century, although they were first widely published in the United States. They were a derivation of the “word square,” a children’s puzzle that looks exactly how you imagine it looking.

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   Feb 5, 2020 · The first crossword puzzle — created by Arthur Wynne and called " Word-Cross " — appears in the New York World. Wynne, a violinist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, moved to New York to...

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   Sep 25, 2022 · Crossword puzzles got their start in 1913, when Arthur Wynne was putting together the Christmas edition of “Fun,” the jokes and puzzles supplement he managed for the New York World. Believing that readers needed a new challenge, the Liverpool native designed a puzzle with a numbered, diamond-shaped grid with an.

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   Jun 26, 2020 · History of the Crossword Puzzle. Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff. On Dec. 21, 1913, the Sunday New York World printed a puzzle called a “word-cross,” devised by Liverpudlian Arthur Wynne. The puzzle was an immediate success and became a weekly feature.