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 Wynne ...

The first crossword puzzle book—an untested and decidedly nonliterary format—worried the firm so much that the firm’s name did not appear on the book, which had a small printing of 3,600 copies.

It was exactly thirty-five years ago that the great crossword-puzzle craze began to sweep this country. Like mah-jongg, which came along a bit earlier, crossword puzzles might have been expected ...

Here are the tips and tricks to make you an ace crossword puzzle solver. Sit back, put on your thinking cap, ... Try your hand at solving the world’s first crossword puzzle. 2 / 13.

First crossword puzzle (Source: YouTube) The Origins of Word Puzzles: Where It All Began. While the crossword only dates back to the 1913s, word puzzles have ancient roots as some of them date ...