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    4. WHO CREATED THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND IN WHAT YEAR?
    WHO CREATED THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND IN WHAT YEAR?

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      http://inventors.about.com/b/2008/07/29/who-invented-the-first-crossword-puzzle.htm


      http://inventors.about.com/b/2008/07/29/who-invented-the-first-crossword-puzzle.htm


      The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game. December 21, 1913 was the date and it appeared in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World. Wynne's puzzle differed from today's crosswords in that it was diamond shaped and contained no internal black squares. During the early 1920's other newspapers picked up the newly discovered pastime.

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