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  1. Feb 14, 2017 · Dec. 21, 1913. The World’s First Crossword Puzzle Sparks a Craze. ‘The granddaddy of crossword puzzles’. The New York World publishes the world’s first crossword puzzle by the newspaperman...

  2. According to Eugene Maleska, former crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times, Arthur Wynne first introduced simple crosswords to the Fun page of The New York World Sunday Magazine in 1913. NPR did a 100 year anniversary special about it and reproduced Wynne's first newspaper crossword.

  3. The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games.

  4. Feb 14, 2017 · The New York Times. Feb. 15, 1942. The New York Times becomes the last major metropolitan daily newspaper in the country to offer a crossword puzzle — begun as a way to give readers a ...

  5. Sep 25, 2022 · Notably, the New York Times was a long-time holdout but began publishing crosswords as a way to help the public distract themselves from the news during World War II. The first New York Times crossword puzzle ran on Sunday, February 15, 1942, but it did not become a daily feature until 1950.

  6. Feb 5, 2020 · The first crossword puzzle appeared in Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World only 106 years ago. Here’s a look at how your favorite pastime developed over the years.

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  8. Mar 27, 2020 · In fact, the crossword puzzle was born in December 1913, on the eve of World War I. Arthur Wynne, an editor at the New York World, needed a new game for that paper’s FUN section. So he...