Yes, indeed folks, this is the first known published crossword puzzle which appeared on this date in 1913 in the
New York World. It was originally called word-cross, and it was created by Arthur Wynne.
He based it on a game he played as a child--Magic Squares. It is said that the real first crossword puzzle appeared in England during the 1900's. The difference with Wynne's was that it appealed to adults and soon became a favorite adult pastime.
By the 1920's, newspapers all over the U.S. were regularly featuring these puzzles, and in 1924, Simon and Schuster published the first book of crosswords.
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For more information on this topic, check out these sites:
http://frogstorm.com/?p=3011
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/crossword.htm
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