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Crossword Puzzles a Favorite Frustrating Pastime
New York AP notes crossword puzzles have grown from a fad in 1913 to a national obsession for 30 million solvers. It outlines editors like Margaret Farrar, publishers Simon & Schuster and Dell, and puzzlers such as Jack Luzzato, plus the cultural reach from advertising to marriage proposals and even wartime persistence amid paper shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Taedalus
Labyrinth
Faroe Islands
McGuffey
Gaul
Remi
The
New York Times
Margaret Farrar
Times
Dell
Simon & Schuster
Richard Simon
Max Schuster
Simon
S&s
Plaza Publishing Co
Britain
Gallup
United States
Ohio State
Luzzato
Orbit
Adman
Esquire Magazine
California
Buffalo
N.Y
Mrs. Farrar