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Bernice Gordon (January 11, 1914 – January 29, 2015 [1]) was an American constructor of crosswords. [2] She created puzzles for many publications after beginning her career in the early 1950s, and holds the record as the oldest contributor to The New York Times crossword puzzle. [3] [4] A 1965 Times puzzle she wrote is credited as the first ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Her first New York Times crossword was published in February 2019. [ 1] In 2020, Liu was hired as an associate puzzle editor at The New York Times. She is also an assistant editor at the American Values Club Crossword. [ 1][ 2] In 2022, Liu constructed the final round puzzle for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. [ 3]
Will Shortz. William F. Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword editor for The New York Times. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993.
Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, suffered a stroke last month and has spent the last several ...
Andrea Carla Michaels. Andrea Carla Michaels ( née Eisenberg; born 1959) is an American crossword puzzle constructor and corporate naming consultant. She was a comedian and television writer after graduating from Harvard University in 1980 and has played competitive chess and Scrabble and appeared on Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
Puzzle editor. crossword constructor. Years active. 2012–present. Known for. Editor of The New York Times Spelling Bee. Sam Ezersky (born May 29, 1995) is an American puzzle editor and crossword constructor who is the editor of The New York Times Spelling Bee. He has worked for the New York Times games department since 2017.
The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games.