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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]
The number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [ 28 ] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type. [ 9 ]
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast — HINT: It starts with the letter "B"
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Joel Fagliano (born 1992 [1]) is an American puzzle creator. [2] [3] [4] He is known for his work at The New York Times, where he writes the paper's Mini Crossword. [5]From March 14 to December 29, 2024, Fagliano became the interim editor of The New York Times Crossword due to editor Will Shortz being on medical leave.
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.
Get ready for all of the NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #258 on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Connections game for Saturday, February 24 , 2024 The New York Times/Canva
In 2014, The New York Times Magazine introduced Spelling Bee, a word game in which players guess words from a set of letters in a honeycomb and are awarded points for the length of the word and receive extra points if the word is a pangram. [305]