Cross-Word Puzzle (1912)

Sat Jan 29 11:40:01 UTC 2005

I'm about to add "cross-word puzzle" to my "Big Apple" web page. As  everyone 
knows, the crossword puzzle first appeared in the New York World on  December 
21, 1913. OED's first cite of "cross-word puzzle" is December  1914.
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I found "cross word puzzle" in 1912. Maybe someone from the National  
Puzzlers' League can help solve this one?
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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     _Lincoln Daily News _ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=MSL63G2EslCKID/6NLMW2jFr1uBtmIzdyKynFfWkvsOG3aI9wJZLu0IF+CsZYmrz)  Tuesday, 
March 26, 1912 _Lincoln,_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:lincoln+cross+word+and+puzzle+AND)  _Nebraska_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:nebraska+cross+word+and+puzzle+AND)      ...is it 
an enigma, nor as it  a CROSS WORD PUZZLE although those who solve.....of  
state AND nation which governs her AND am a complete favorer  of Recall AND..
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Pg. 1, col. 3:
The "Plat Form," as Mr. Ross designates it, is not a rebus, neither is it  an 
enigma, nor is it a cross word puzzle--although those who solve such things  
might be able to read it with considerable more alacrity than those who do  
not.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS) ("cross-word" and "puzzle")
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83&clientId=65882) 
The Washington Post  (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Apr 27, 1884. p. 3 (1 
page)  

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_OUR  PUZZLE DEPARTMENT. 1_ 
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83&clientId=65882) 
The Washington Post  (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Feb 8, 1885. p. 6 (1 
page)  

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I EDmCfr BY  MACK. : .. The Washington Post (1877-1954).  Washington, D.C.: 
Mar 22, 1885. p. 6 (1 page) 

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_YOUNG  FOLKS CORRESPONDENCE_ 
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8583&clientId=65882) 
The Atlanta Constitution  (1881-2001). Atlanta, Ga.: Aug 1, 1897. p. A3 (1 
page) 

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_Solution  of Last Sunday's Puzzles._ 
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S=1106998583&clientId=65882) 
The Washington Post  (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Nov 1, 1903. p. FP10 (1 
page)  

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6.  
_Answer  to Puzzle._ 
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ntId=65882) 
BERNICE D. RANDALL.. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul  
24, 1904. p. A12 (1 page) 

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_Solution  of Algebraical Picture Puzzle._ 
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=6&did=255011832&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=
HNP&TS=1106998583&clientId=65882) 
The Washington Post  (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Sep 25, 1904. p. B8 (1 
page)  

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_Comic  1 -- No Title_ 
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ientId=65882) 
The Atlanta Constitution  (1881-2001). Atlanta, Ga.: Sep 15, 1922. p. 8 (1 
page) 
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(Oxford English Dictionary)
<i>crossword, cross-word</i>

In full <i>crossword  puzzle</i>. A puzzle in which a  pattern of chequered 
squares has to be filled in from numbered clues with words  which are written 
usu. horizontally and vertically, occas. diagonally. Also  attrib. and Comb. 

1914  <i>N.Y. World</i> 6 Dec. (‘Fun’) 7/2  Solution to last week's 
cross-word  puzzle.
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_http://www.crosswordtournament.com/more/wynne.html_ 
(http://www.crosswordtournament.com/more/wynne.html) 

Crossword puzzles are said to be the most popular and widespread  word game 
in the world, yet have a short history. The first crosswords appeared  in 
England during the 19th century. They were of an elementary kind, apparently  
derived from the word square, a group of words arranged so the letters read  alike 
vertically and horizontally, and printed in children's puzzle books and  
various periodicals. In the United States, however, the puzzle developed into a  
serious adult pastime.  
The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named  
Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of 
the  popular word game. December 21, 1913 was the date and it appeared in a 
Sunday  newspaper, the New York World. Wynne's puzzle(see below) differed from  
today's crosswords in that it was diamond shaped and contained no internal black 
 squares. During the early 1920's other newspapers picked up the newly 
discovered  pastime and within a decade crossword puzzles were featured in almost 
all  American newspapers. It was in this period crosswords began to assume their 
 familiar form. Ten years after its rebirth in the States it crossed the 
Atlantic  and re-conquered  Europe.