The result was an inky symbiosis between publication and subscriber: the paper printed emptiness, and the reader filled it up. A recently developed technological advance allowed for simple printing of blank grids, and the editor decided to pair empty quadralinear boxes with clues, turning fun-page devotees into verbose detectives. “It was an extra-large holiday edition,” says Adrienne Raphel, author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them. Christmas was around the corner, and Wynne was stressing over what sounds like it should be an enjoyable task: assembling the newspaper’s fun section. He worked for the New York World newspaper, and the year was 1913. A diversion.Īrthur Wynne was an editor who had what could be seen as either a problem or a beautiful thing: space to fill. Iotas of knowledge, coming in handy.Ī ritual. Little morsels of semantic information that take up residency inside the brain, proving they were never wasting space. A Russian nesting doll of trivia that during the act doesn’t feel at all trivial). To set out in the northwest and persevere until there are no more vacancies at the alphabetical hotel. To treat them like a mailbox and stuff them with hand-written letters. Ha! Good luck, they shout.īut those empty spaces also invite them. Sometimes, so much so they consider launching it across the room like a Soyuz rocket. See the full story - with clue text, pictures and several downloadable puzzles - here. This page provides the complete text of the story without the puzzle elements. Readers had to solve the puzzle to find words in the story. The Free Press published a version of this story with an accompanying crossword puzzle. Free Press 101: How we practice journalism.Pastrami on _ (deli sandwich) crossword clueĪll intellectual property rights in and to Crosswords are owned by The Crossword's Publisher.Windows task-switching shortcut crossword clue."_ Evil," palindromic 2009 horror film starring Tim Thomerson crossword clue. ![]() Bessie Coleman or Amelia Earhart crossword clue."Rise like a phoenix from the _" crossword clue.Chinese "path of virtue" crossword clue."Sure, I'll give you a ride!" (2 wds.) crossword clue."It's better to be safe than _" crossword clue.Standard & Poor's 'very strong' grade crossword clue."Sons of Anarchy" actor Rossi crossword clue.Chief justice before Hughes crossword clue.The Three Lions, on World Cup scoreboards crossword clue.Useful information, metaphorically crossword clue.Car club's customized maps crossword clue.Face-touching game for assigning an unwanted task crossword clue. ![]() "Put the _ to the metal!" crossword clue.Honors course for an aspiring pastor? crossword clue.Crunchy topping for tacos crossword clue. ![]()
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