Draft:List of crossword puzzles published in the United States
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Many newspapers in the United States regularly publish crossword puzzles. For cryptic crosswords, see Cryptic crossword § Elsewhere.
Current newspaper puzzles[edit]
Los Angeles Times[edit]
The New York Times[edit]
The editorial pages of The New York Times were long hostile to the crossword, considering it a frivolous activity. However, during the Second World War, attitudes changed and Margaret Farrar was hired. She instituted many crossword "rules" or standards, such as no unchecked letters or two-letter answers, ...
The New Yorker[edit]
Newsday[edit]
Universal[edit]
The Wall Street Journal[edit]
The Washington Post[edit]
Sunday puzzles.
Mini meta.
Others[edit]
Note: A puzzle may be included in this list if its publisher can be linked to on Wikipedia.
- The Atlantic:
- Atlas Obscura:
- The Charlotte Ledger:
- The Daily Beast:
- Daily Pop:
- Jonesin':
- McKinsey:
- Spyscape:
- Vox:
- Vulture:
College Newspapers[edit]
Current puzzle books[edit]
Former newspaper puzzles[edit]
Chronicle of Higher Education[edit]
New York[edit]
New York Herald Tribune[edit]
First newspaper to publish a daily crossword in November 1924.[4]
New York Sun[edit]
New York World[edit]
Arthur Wynne wrote the world's first crossword puzzle; it appeared in the "Fun" section of Sunday World on December 21, 1913. Margaret Farrar got her start at this newspaper.[5]
Others[edit]
Note: A puzzle may be included in this list if its publisher can be linked to on Wikipedia.
- Arizona Daily Star: Agard, Reagle?
- BuzzFeed:
- King Features Syndicate: [6]
- The Onion/The A.V. Club:
Former puzzle books[edit]
References[edit]
- Citations
- ^ "Crosswords | The Daily Princetonian". crossword.dailyprincetonian.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Crossword". The Amherst Student. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Crosswords - The Rice Thresher". Crosswords - The Rice Thresher. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ Amende 2001, p. 10.
- ^ Amende 2001, p. 8 9.
- ^ Arnot 1998, p. 30 31.
- ^ Arnot 1998, p. 47 78.
- Bibliography
- Amende, Coral (2001). The Crossword Obsession: The History and Lore of the World's Most Popular Pastime. Berkley Books. ISBN 042518157X.
- Arnot, Michelle (1998). Crossword Puzzles for Dummies. IDG Books. ISBN 0764551108.
- Connor, Alan (2014). The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief. Penguin Books. ISBN 1592409385.
- Jacobs, A.J. (2002). The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 0593136721.
- Millington, Roger (1975). Crossword Puzzles, Their History and Their Cult. Pocket Books. ISBN 0671808567.
- Olsher, Dean (2009). From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords. Scribner. ISBN 1439164525.
- Raphel, Adrienne (2020). Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them. Penguin Group. ISBN 0525522107.
- Romano, Marc (2006). Crossworld: One Man's Journey Into America's Crossword Obsession. Harmony Books. ISBN 0767917588.