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Arthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871, in Liverpool, England, and lived on Edge Lane for a time. His father was the editor of the local newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury . [ 1 ] He emigrated to the United States on June 6, 1891, at the age of 19, [ 2 ] settling for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
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 Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
In 1993, he sold his first game, Crossword the Game, to Parker Brothers. Shortly after, in 1994, he started developing games full-time. Shortly after, in 1994, he started developing games full-time. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] Two years later, he partnered with Tribune Content Agency (TCA), the owners of Jumble , to develop new versions of Jumble including ...
For more on USA TODAY’s Crossword Puzzles. USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles. Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for ...
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Chief Norse god — HINT: It starts with the letter "O"
A person works on a Russian-language crossword puzzle in the New York City Subway, 2008. Crossword grids such as those appearing in most North American newspapers and magazines consist mainly of solid regions of uninterrupted white squares, separated more sparsely by shaded squares. Every letter is "checked" (i.e., is part of both an "across ...
After the publication of the first 'Paul' Guardian crossword on 19 April 1995, Halpern would supplement his crossword pay with full-time jobs, including a reporter on the East Grinstead Courier and from 1999 as a puzzle editor for Puzzler Media Ltd. All the time John was looking to get more crosswords published, across more UK national ...
Jacobson had prior experience with trivia, winning $3,150 on three episodes of the game show Jeopardy!, on shows that aired a few weeks after the show debuted in 1964.She tried her hand at creating crossword puzzles, submitting some samples to Margaret Farrar, the first crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times, who rejected her offerings but offered some constructive suggestions for ...