Long before puzzles appeared in newspapers, apps or puzzle books, humans were already puzzling. The moment early humans began ...
Larry Mantle discusses the history of the crossword puzzle with Coral Amende, author of The Crossword Obsession (Berkeley Publishing Group). LAist is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that is also ...
Every year, International Puzzle Day celebrates one of humanity’s oldest and most enduring pastimes: solving problems for ...
On a chilly January night in 1924, fledgling publisher Richard Simon was having dinner with his Aunt Wixie when she asked if he knew where she could buy a book of crossword puzzles. None existed. At ...