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The contestant with the most points at the end of the game played the Crossfire Round along with his/her choice of celebrity partner (a choice of all four in 1975-1976 & 1986-1987 and only the winning player's partners from 1976-1980). The team was shown one last crossword puzzle with ten words, none of which were clues to a master puzzle.
Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky. It is about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor ratings . The film stars Faye Dunaway , William Holden , Peter Finch (in his final film role), Robert Duvall , Wesley Addy , Ned Beatty , and Beatrice Straight .
The New York Times has used video games as part of its journalistic efforts, among the first publications to do so, [13] contributing to an increase in Internet traffic; [14] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, The New York Times began offering its newspaper online, and along with it the crossword puzzles, allowing readers to solve puzzles on their computers.
Shortz has been the puzzle master on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday since the program was started in 1987. He is the founder of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (1978), and has been its director since that time. He founded the World Puzzle Championship in 1992 and is a director of the U.S. Puzzle Team.
Joel Fagliano (born 1992 [1]) is an American puzzle creator. [2] [3] [4] He is known for his work at The New York Times, where he writes the paper's Mini Crossword. [5]From March 14 to December 29, 2024, Fagliano became the interim editor of The New York Times Crossword due to editor Will Shortz being on medical leave.
The teams consisted of two players (one celebrity and one contestant), solving words in a crossword puzzle (by virtue of clues), with six words to solve, with a clue word, all of which were clues to a keyword that linked the six answers. Each correct answer kept control and earned one point per letter in the answer plus a chance to solve the ...
Penny Publications, LLC is an American magazine publisher specializing in puzzles, crosswords, sudokus as well as mystery and science fiction magazines.Penny Publications publishes over 85 magazines [2] distributed through newsstands, in stores, and by subscription in the United States and Canada.
George Wyner (born October 20, 1945) is an American film and television actor. [2] Wyner graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 as a drama major and was an in-demand character actor by the early 1970s. [3]