#Former nyt crossword editor will trial
Millions are going crazy for this cult favourite that has revolutionised how celebs & influencers glow, with one product sold every 20 secondsĬoleen Rooney dons denim hotpants for a lunch with husband Wayne and their sons - a day before judge will give verdict on Wagatha Christie trial 'I've gained weight and I'm not 17 any more': Jessie J, 34, reflects on her shape and reveals she 'wants to try and make a baby' after miscarriage 'A legend has left the world': Tributes paid to Bernard Cribbins who starred in Doctor Who and narrated The Wombles after his death aged 93 SPOILER ALERT! Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan FINALLY make much-anticipated return to Neighbours for soap's final ever episode Jennifer Lopez dons towering platform heels for a boat ride with her children in Naples after kicking off her honeymoon with Ben Affleck in Paris Will Shortz, the fourth person at the post, told me, “My goals have been to modernize the crossword vocabulary, reduce crosswordeseĪnd obscurity, introduce more playful themes and in general broaden the audience.Jessica Biel passionately kisses Justin Timberlake in sexy thong bikini as they get adventurous on paddleboards during Sardinia getaway Each New York TimesĬrossword editor since has put their mark on the evolution of the puzzle. Own.” Margaret Farrer, who co-edited the original Simon & Schuster crossword collection as well as many following editions, was hired as the paper’s first crossword editor. They get nothing out of it except a primitive sort of mental exercise, and success or failure in any given attempt is equally irrelevant to mental development.”Īlmost two decades later, says Shortz, “as the story goes, Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger had become tired of turning to the competing Herald Tribune for its crossword and decided The Times should have its 17, 1924, the crossword puzzle, “is not a game at all, and it hardly can be called a sport: it merely is a new utilization of leisure by those for whom it otherwise would beĮmpty and tedious. According to an opinion column, entitled “ A Familiar Form of Madness,” Last remaining newspapers in the United States to run one. Word’ puzzle.” Since then, the name has remained unchanged.ĭespite the widespread success of the puzzle, especially after the fledgling publisher Simon & Schuster came out with a collection of crosswords in 1924 (their very first book), The New York Times was one of the Two weeks later, according to Will Shortz, the New York Times’ crossword editor, “a compositor accidentally transposed the words in the title to ‘Cross Its popularity promptedĪnother iteration the following week.
After settling on that format, he formulated the clues and answers that would populate the grid in the style that is now familiar toĭespite one editor’s note that the staff at the paper “regarded the game as ‘beneath a sensible man’s consideration,'” the puzzle was a hit with readers. His solution was a diamond-shaped grid that could be read both across and down. Yet featured in “Fun” was the world’s first crossword puzzle, introduced as the “Word-Cross.”Īrthur Wynn, editor of the Fun section, “was determined to feature something new and special in the Christmas issue,” according to Michelle Arnot, author of “ What’s Gnu: A History of the Crossword Puzzle.” Next to these stories, the lighthearted Fun supplement introduced that day would not seem Rise after AT&T relinquishes its holdings of the Western Union Telegraph Company to mollify the Department of Justice. 21, 1913: woman in Yonkers is robbed at gunpoint, aviator Glenn Curtiss vows to make the world’s first transatlantic flight and phone stocks Among the items that appeared in The New York Sunday World on Dec.
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