2/16/17

75 Years (plus a day) of Puzzles

Back in 2010 when I was writing the New York Times crossword blog, Wordplay, I wrote a post about the first-ever New York Times crossword, which appeared on February 15, 1942. That was 75 years ago ... uh, yesterday.

The post included an image of the actual puzzle (shown above). Luckily, such a thing could be found online by rummaging through a digital trove of old newspapers and magazines through my local library.

As for the puzzle itself, you can read a little more about it in that Wordplay post: CLICK. You can also download an Across Lite file of it, as well as a "Puns & Anagrams" crossword that also ran that day. Wait, did you catch that? Yesterday wasn't just the anniversary of the first New York Times crossword puzzle, it was the anniversary of the first two New York Times crossword puzzles.