Aug 8, 2022
8 min read
PAST IS PROLOGUE
The Surprising History of Crossword Puzzles
A short history of that infamous homewrecker, the Crossword Puzzle
If Wardle is the Wardle of the Wordle, then Wynne was the Wardle of The World. Put less stupidly, Arthur Wynne’s 1913 “Word-Cross” puzzle for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper was not the first such puzzle, but it was the first…
