Farrar in 1969, there have been two editors of the Crossword puzzle which are Will Weng and Eugene T. It consisted of a 15 by 15-square crossword. 11, 1950, the paper started to run a crossword puzzle daily. Her innovations excited the public and drove the puzzle into a virtual madness among readers. Farrar established a new standard and added value for crosswords by advancing the quality of the constructions and by scrupulous editing. It is Margaret Farrar who will become the first editor of NYT crosswords and to be the Grande Dame of the American crosswords for a 27-year period. The main goal was to divert the attention of people from wars.ĭuring the 40s, NYT crosswords were published every Sunday. In fact, NYT became the last major metropolitan daily newspaper in the country to run a crossword puzzle. The New York Times finally decided to join the fun with the first puzzle run Sunday, February 15, 1942. You can’t think of your troubles while solving a crossword”. He urged that the revolutionary feature of crosswords would pull people’s mind off the war and offer them a significant medium when they are stuck in their bomb shelters as he said “it is possible there will now be bleak blackout hours– or if not that then certainly a need for relaxation of some kind or other. Thus, Arthur Hays Sulzberger who is a long-time crossword fan attempted to convince NYT features editors to run a crossword puzzle each Sunday whether primitive or not. During the era of this bombing, millions of Americans were scared and worried about their safety.Īmericans needed a moral boost and distraction to cope with this gloomy setting. Indeed, the accident shocked the nation and caused shockwaves of fear and anger in every home in the USA. The bombing of Pearl Harbour has sent Americans into turmoil. Surprisingly, when crosswords emerged in the late 1910s, the NYT redaction team -whose puzzle is now famous- withdrew the opportunity to join the party as they labeled the new trend as a primitive sort of mental exercise and a sinful waste. It gives players Goosebumps once they solve and fill in all the squares. Indeed, it kept challenging readers for more than 75 years thanks to its witty and smart clues. It is with no doubt that New York Times Crosswords stand out as the most popular crosswords puzzles.
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