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Frank Longo is an American puzzle creator, and author of over 90 books, [1] which have sold over 2 million copies. [ 2 ] Longo is known for creating unusual crosswords , such as one on a 50x50 grid, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the Jumbo Puzzles compilation of 29x29 puzzles [ 5 ] and is the creator and author of The New York Times Spelling Bee anagram puzzle.
Frank Waring Lewis (August 25, 1912 – November 18, 2010) was an American cryptographer and cryptic crossword compiler. [1] His puzzles were printed in The Nation for over 60 years, for a total of 2,962 puzzles. [1] Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Vonnegut, and Katha Pollitt were listed among the fans of his puzzles. [2]
The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...
Single-player. The New York Times Spelling Bee, or simply the Spelling Bee, is a word game distributed in print and electronic format by The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games. Created by Frank Longo, the game debuted in a weekly print format in 2014. A digital daily version with an altered scoring system launched on May 9, 2018.
Frank McCourt was born in New York City's Brooklyn borough, on August 19, 1930, the eldest child of Irish Catholic immigrants Malachy Gerald McCourt, Sr. (October 11, 1899 – January 11, 1985), of Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, who was aligned with the IRA during the Irish War of Independence, and Angela Sheehan (January 1, 1908 – December 27, 1981) from Limerick.
Frank H. McCourt Jr. (born August 14, 1953) is an American business executive and philanthropist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2023, he is the executive chairman and former CEO of McCourt Global, [ 3 ] owner of the football club Marseille and founder and executive chairman of international non-profit Project Liberty. [ 3 ]
Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the second of four children of Rufus Garvin Yerby (1886–1961), a hotel doorman, and Wilhelmina Ethel Yerby (née Smythe) (1888–1960), a teacher. [3] Yerby's ancestry was Black, White, and Native American. Yerby would later refer to himself as "a young man whose list of ancestors read ...
Frank O'Hara. Francis Russell " Frank " O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School, an informal group of artists, writers, and musicians who drew ...