1910's Media | "Fun's Word Cross Puzzle"

Crossword puzzle

By: Arthur Wynne

Date: December 21, 1913

Source: Wynne, Arthur. "Fun's Word Cross Puzzle," World (New York), December 21, 1913. Available online at http://www.crosswordtournament.com/more/wynne.html; website home page: http://www.crosswordtournament.com (accessed April 9, 2003).

About the Author: Arthur Wynne, molding existing word game and puzzle styles, created the newspaper crossword puzzle in December 1913. As the editor of the Sunday "Fun" section in the New York World, Wynne's job was developing games such as "Word Cross" for the publication. Wynne immigrated to the United States from Liverpool, England. He probably relied upon a children's game published in Great Britain at the turn of the century, Magic Square, which required...