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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]
In addition to the primary crossword, the Times publishes a second Sunday puzzle each week, of varying types, something that the first crossword editor, Margaret Farrar, saw as a part of the paper's Sunday puzzle offering from the start; she wrote in a memo when the Times was considering whether or not to start running crosswords that "The ...
Beetle Bailey: The Old Army Game (1963) Benji Detective Game (1979) Bermuda Triangle (1976) Big Foot (1977) The Bonkers Game (1993) Bradley's Toy Money Complete with Game of Banking. Bratz Passion for Fashion (2002) Breaker19 (1976) Broadside ( American Heritage magazine) 1961-1965.
AB INITIO: Each theme answer has the initials A.B.: A IR B UBBLE, A NDRE B RAUGHER, and A PPLE B UTTER. AB INITIO is a Latin phrase that means "from the beginning." Today, the word INITIO is ...
Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis. LAY-UP: The word LAY is found backwards – that is, going UP – in each vertical theme answer: BRAND Y AL EXANDER, NOT B Y A L ONG SHOT, and BAB Y AL BUM. The ...
Online marketplaces of the United States (4 C, 180 P) Pages in category "Online retailers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 309 total.
Will Shortz. William F. Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword editor for The New York Times. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993.
The solver is given a grid and a list of words. To solve the puzzle correctly, the solver must find a solution that fits all of the available words into the grid. [1] [2] [8] [9] Generally, these words are listed by number of letters, and further alphabetically. [2] [8] Many times, one word is filled in for the solver to help them begin the ...