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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 .
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
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]
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Crossword compilers, also known as cruciverbalists, crossword writers, crossword constructors, or crossword setters. Pages in category "Crossword creators" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total.
The students of Lakewood Elementary may be all grown up, but “Arthur” isn’t really ending. The PBS Kids series, based on Marc Brown’s picture books of the same name, is the longest running ...
'Arthur' creator remembers his favorite moments from the PBS cartoon, including a gay wedding and a visit with Mister Rogers. Ethan Alter. February 16, 2022 at 10:12 AM.
Butts decided to create a game that utilized both chance and skill by combining elements of anagrams and crossword puzzles, a popular pastime of the 1920s. Players draw seven lettered tiles from a pool and then attempt to form words from their letters. A key to the game was Butts's analysis of the English language.