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December 28, 1952. From then until August 13, 1967, it was written by Kingsley's former assistant, Doris Nash Wortman; then it was taken over by Thomas H. Middleton for a period of over 30 years, until August 15, 1999, when the pair of Cox and Rathvon became just the fourth author of
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was considering whether or not to start running crosswords that "The smaller puzzle, which would occupy the lower part of the page, could provide variety each Sunday. It could be topical, humorous, have rhymed definitions or story definitions or quiz definitions. The combination of these two would
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crossword, collaborated with noted crossword constructor Cathy
Millhauser on an online-only crossword in which Millhauser constructed the grid and Clinton wrote the clues. Shortz described the President's work as "laugh out loud" and noted that he as editor changed very little of Clinton's clues,
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is the crossword constructor who has been published most frequently in the Times under Shortz, with 241 puzzles (254 including pre-Shortz-era puzzles, published before 1993), although others may have written more puzzles than that under prior editors. The record for most Sunday puzzles is held by
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Saturday puzzles, the most difficult, are usually themeless and "wide open", with fewer black squares and more long words. The maximum word count for a themed weekday puzzle is normally 78 words, while the maximum for a themeless Friday or Saturday puzzle is 72; Sunday puzzles must
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itself, and elsewhere. Other Times crosswords with a notable wedding element include the June 25, 2010, puzzle by Byron Walden and Robin
Schulman, which has rebuses spelling I DO throughout, and the January 8, 2020, puzzle by Joon Pahk and Amanda Yesnowitz, which was used at the latter’s wedding
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December 29, 2012, Joe Krozel stacked five 15-letter entries, something never before or since achieved. Krozel, Martin Ashwood-Smith, George Barany and Erik Agard have stacked four 15-letter entries in a puzzle. Since 2010, Krozel, Ashwood-Smith, Kevin G. Der, and Jason
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The answer word (or any of the answer words, if it consists of multiple words) will not appear in the clue itself. Unlike in some easier puzzles in other outlets, the number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word
485:-language answers, and more rarely answers from other languages are indicated either by a tag in the clue giving the answer language (e.g., for ETE) or by the use in the clue of a word from that language, often a personal or place name (e.g. for AMIS or for EAU).
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during his tenure as crossword editor). Of these types, the acrostic has the longest and most interesting history, beginning on May 9, 1943, authored by
Elizabeth S. Kingsley, who is credited with inventing the puzzle type, and continued to write the
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portions and spread throughout the grid. For example, the
February 11, 2004, puzzle by Ethan Friedman featured a theme quotation: ANY IDIOT CAN FACE / A CRISIS IT'S THIS / DAY-TO-DAY LIVING / THAT WEARS YOU OUT. (This quotation has been attributed to
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Most words in a daily puzzle: 86 words on
Tuesday, December 23, 2008, by Joe Krozel; in a 21x21 Sunday puzzle: 150 words, on June 26, 1994, by Nancy Nicholson Joline and on November 21, 1993, by Peter Gordon (the first Sunday puzzle edited by Will
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November 21, 1993, on are available to online subscribers to the
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have historically been created and edited primarily by older white men. Less than 30% of puzzle constructors in the Shortz Era have been women. In the 2010s, only 27% of clued figures were female, and 20% were of minority racial groups.
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186:; it is typically intended to be a "Thursday-plus" in difficulty. The standard daily crossword is 15 by 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures 21 by 21 squares. Many of the puzzle's rules were created by its first editor,
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crossword himself; a wide variety of contributors submit puzzles to him. A full specification sheet listing the paper's requirements for crossword puzzle submission can be found online or by writing to the paper.
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initially considered them frivolous, calling them "a primitive form of mental exercise", and did not run a crossword until February 15, 1942, in its Sunday edition. It was published under a pseudonym
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since 1993. The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in
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the puzzle in its history. The name of the puzzle also changed over the years, from "Double-Crostic" to "Kingsley Double-Crostic," "Acrostic Puzzle," and finally (since 1991) just "Acrostic."
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crosswords from all days of the week. Various other forms of merchandise featuring the puzzle have been created, including dedicated electronic crossword handhelds that just contain
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The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type.
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featured video clues of Will Shortz for five of the theme answers (all but GARY GYGAX and GENERATION X) which the contestants attempted to answer during the course of the show.
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are not necessarily synonymous otherwise). The point here is that the single word "think" can be replaced by the single word "mull", but only when the following word is "over".
459:" puzzles). This symbol/letters/word will be repeated in each themed entry. For example, the December 6, 2012, puzzle by Jeff Chen featured a rebus theme based on the chemical
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Greatest difference in ages between two constructors of a single puzzle: 83, a puzzle by David Steinberg (age 16) and Bernice Gordon (age 99) with the theme AGE DIFFERENCE.
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article quoting people using the word. Shortz apologized and said the term would not appear again. PENIS also appeared once in a Shortz-edited puzzle in 1995, clued as .
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which featured more wordplay than found in a standard puzzle. Clinton made his print constructing debut on Friday, May 12, 2017, collaborating with
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Jack Luzzatto, with 119 (including two written under pseudonyms); former editor Eugene T. Maleska wrote 110 himself, including 8 under other names.
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offer meat and dessert, and catch the fancy of all types of puzzlers." Currently, every other week is an
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puzzle authored by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, with a rotating selection of other puzzles, including
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2009:"Location, Location, Location"
1123:Shortz, Will (April 8, 2001).
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637:titled "Utter Disgrace to the
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367:crosswords, and a variety of
352:The New York Times Crosswords
265:. In addition to editing the
2608:. Archive from 1980 forward.
2115:Amlen, Deb (June 25, 2013).
1927:"Most prolific constructors"
239:crossword remained unknown.
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2929:The Coldest Case in Laramie
2847:The New York Times Magazine
2196:www.crosswordtournament.com
1874:"Most Words in 21x21 grids"
1856:"Most Words in 15x15 grids"
1665:"The dirty word in 43 Down"
1248:The New York Times Magazine
1057:Crosswords for Kindle Fire"
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2168:The Crossword Obsession
1221:(subscription required)
777:The Crossword Obsession
623:, a daily crossword by
3079:Arthur Hays Sulzberger
3069:Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
2117:"Four Score and Three"
1560:"Theme of this Puzzle"
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3121:Meredith Kopit Levien
2166:Amende, Coral (1996)
1730:on February 19, 2009.
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430:crossword grids have
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3094:Henry Jarvis Raymond
2795:229 West 43rd Street
2596:. From before 2000c.
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1093:on February 21, 2012
1011:on February 28, 2013
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