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He was drawn to puzzles at an early age; in eighth grade he wrote a paper titled "Puzzles as a Profession". [4] (The paper earned him a B+.) [4] At age 13, Shortz wrote to Language on Vacation author Dmitri Borgmann for advice on how to pursue a career in puzzles. [5] At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell ...
Rex Parker. Michael David Sharp (born November 26, 1969), known by the pseudonym Rex Parker, is an American college instructor and blogger known for his blog, Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle, about the New York Times crossword puzzle. Outside of crosswords, Sharp teaches English at Binghamton University in New York.
The New York Times mini crossword puzzle. Joel Fagliano (born 1992 [ 1]) is an American puzzle creator. [ 2][ 3][ 4] He is known for his work at The New York Times, where he writes the paper's Mini Crossword. [ 5] On March 14, 2024, Fagliano became the interim editor of The New York Times Crossword due to editor Will Shortz being on medical leave.
Frank Longo. 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 ...
Stanley Newman (crossword editor) Stanley Newman (born July 19, 1952) is an American puzzle creator, editor, and publisher. Newman has been the editor of the Newsday Sunday crossword puzzle since 1988 and the editor of the Newsday daily crossword puzzle since 1992. He is also a trivia buff and the co-author of a trivia encyclopedia, 15,003 ...
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 ...
By early 1997, Parker’s puzzle became the "Universal Crossword" syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate to newspapers and clients worldwide. In 1999, together with Universal Press Syndicate’s Uclick division, Parker founded The Puzzle Society, and is the founder and senior editor of the Universal Uclick line of crossword puzzles and games.
The puzzle proved popular, and Sulzberger himself authored a Times puzzle before the year was out. [10] In 1950, the crossword became a daily feature. That first daily puzzle was published without an author line, and as of 2001 the identity of the author of the first weekday Times crossword remained unknown. [12]