![]() ![]() ![]() These days some of the most popular crossword puzzles, (and free crossword puzzles), are USA today, the Washington Post, the WSJ and the LA times. Simon and Schuster still publish their Crossword Puzzle Book Series, which began in 1924. Today, popular crossword puzzles are published in newspapers across America as well as online. In 1933, the term “crossword” finally appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary. The Times puzzle is still one of the most popular crossword puzzles to date. However, it took until 1942 for the New York Times to publish a crossword puzzle. The New York Times complained that crossword puzzles were an utter waste of time, while Time Magazine noted in 1925, that 9 Manhattan daily papers and 14 other big papers were all publishing crossword puzzles. In 1924, Simon and Schuster published the first crossword puzzle book (with a pencil attached to it) and this was a hit, making crossword puzzles a craze in 1924.ĭuring the 1920’s it wasn’t clear if the crossword craze was winding down or winding up. The whole notion of working a crossword puzzle began showing up in comic strips, as a sign of their growing popularity. And in the early 1920’s, people were really starting to take notice. Around 1916, crossword puzzles began appearing in publications on a weekly basis. Maleska and the New York Times followed suit. Puzzles that included phrases, (not just single word clues) are credited to a man named Eugene T. The name was later changed to crossword puzzle. It wasn’t until 1913, that the first word-cross puzzle, similar to what we know today, was published. The name “crossword puzzle” was first mentioned in the US somewhere around 1862 in the magazine called Our Young Folks. Though the history of the crossword puzzle is not known precisely, around 1793, a paper called The Stockton Bee, published these puzzles. ![]()
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