Showing posts with label Crossword (1913). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crossword (1913). Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

World's First Crossword (1913): Arthur Wynne's Invention


In 1913, Arthur Wynne had the job of devising the weekly puzzle page for Fun, the eight-page comic section of the New York World, a major newspaper of the time. When he devised what he called a Word-cross for the Christmas edition, published on 21 December, he could have no idea that he would be starting a worldwide craze.