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He is best known for the invention of the crossword puzzle in 1913, when he was a resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [5] Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. For the December 21, 1913, edition, he introduced a puzzle with a diamond shape and a hollow center, with the letters F-U ...
On December 21, 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist born in Liverpool, England, published a "word-cross" puzzle in the New York World that embodied most of the features of the modern genre. This puzzle is frequently cited as the first crossword puzzle, and Wynne as the inventor. An illustrator later reversed the "word-cross" name to "cross-word".
Aug 3, 2023 · Crossword puzzlers everywhere owe their thanks to Arthur Wynne, who in 1913 created what’s often cited as the world’s first crossword puzzle. There are a few notable differences between...
Crosswords reached Britain in the early 1920s and before long the first cryptic crossword was created. The first person to create a cryptic crossword was English poet and translator Edward Powys Mathers, who used the pseudonym Torquemada and is credited with being the inventor.
May 19, 2023 · The credit for inventing the first modern crossword puzzle goes to Arthur Wynne, who published it in the “New York World” newspaper on December 21, 1913. The puzzle was initially called a “Word-Cross” and featured a diamond-shaped grid with simple clues.
Dec 20, 2013 · Arthur Wynne is usually credited with inventing the crossword. His first puzzle, called a word-cross, was published in December 1913 in the New York World.
Sep 25, 2022 · Wynne originally called his game “Word-Cross,” but when an illustrator later changed “Word-Cross” to “Cross-Word” accidentally, Wynne did not object, and the new name stuck. In 1924, the fledgling Simon & Schuster publishing company printed a book of crossword puzzles at the behest of Simon’s aunt.
