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The Washington Post / Becca Rothfeld / Mar 31, 2024
The crossword puzzle was “invented by Arthur Wynne in 1913 and quickly denigrated as a frivolously feminine pursuit. The press delighted in framing the crossword craze that erupted in the 1920s as a ‘vice,’ sometimes even an addiction. Columnists and commentators went so far as to worry that the puzzle was a ‘threat to the family unit.'”
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