- HE BECAME THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD EDITOR IN 1993 FULL
- HE BECAME THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD EDITOR IN 1993 PROFESSIONAL
Some, like KarmaSartre and PhillySolver followed me from my old blog and helped kick off this new venture. Wordplay is also about community, and my last thanks go to the commenters who have given this blog life. The best perk of my job has been the access it has given me to the people who make and edit crosswords. Theīrilliant innovation that continues to emerge from this very restrictive art form is remarkable. I hope she never quits - I’mįrom the beginning, Wordplay has focused on the puzzles themselves and the people who create them, so my next thank you is for the constructors who gave me something interesting to talk about every day. She assembles the electronic versions of the puzzles each week. The staff member I work with most closely is the former American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion and baton twirler Ellen Ripstein. Do they always succeed? You have to admit that their hit rate is incredibly high. His staff works tirelesslyīehind the scenes to make sure every puzzle is a joy. He’s brave enough to keep trying new ideas, and sensitive enough to maintain the highest standards while doing so. On the puzzle side of the house, it’s been an honor to work with the editor of the New York Times crosswords. They make me look good every time I write. Harris and Justin Swanson have done the lion’s share of the work. I’ve appreciated all the editors I’ve worked with over the years, but from near the beginning, Aimée The voice and the content of this new experiment. I was lucky enough to get Kathleen McElroy as my first editor, and together, she and I worked out the format, the style, Puzzle systems with intelligence, insight and her infectious enthusiasm. Nicole Mobley guided me through the inner workings of the Times
Robert Samuels was my first Times contact, and he put the business side together. I’ve worked with some amazing people over my time here. In April, Pradeep Mutalik and Gary Antonick brought Numberplay into the fold, and we became an all-around To shake Wordplay out of whatever ruts I had fallen into.
HE BECAME THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD EDITOR IN 1993 PROFESSIONAL
As a professional puzzle constructor (and cartoonist!), he brought some class to the joint along with his own blogging style, helping In November 2009, Patrick Merrell was brought on board as my co-blogger. He put all his reliance, In courage and defiance, For over a year, I wrote eight posts a week on my own. Garson Hampfield announced in his second video that Wordplay was beginning Technical problems kept pushing back the start date, but finally, the wonderfully clueless I was not part of that old group, so both I and this new-fangled blog idea were viewed with suspicion. That community had thrived for years, but the Times was decommissioning all its forums and looking for In September 2008, the beloved old Times crossword forum was finally shut down amidst much consternation. It’s been more fun than I can possibly explain. From talking with editors, business people, producers and techies, to sitting in on a Page One meeting, to getting published in the Science section,
HE BECAME THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD EDITOR IN 1993 FULL
You probably imagine that writing for The New York Times would be a marvelous experience full of When one day out of the blue The Times contacted me with a job offer, I was surprised and, I admit, thrilled. Perhaps by writing about puzzles for a year, I’d learn a littleĪbout the art form and even improve as a solver. I love writing and I love puzzles of all sorts, so a crossword blog seemed like a good idea. I started my personal crossword blog in November 2007, and began coding my statistics site, XWord Info, that same year, never imagining that it would beĪ gateway to writing for The New York Times. I’m glad I came, but just the same, I must be going.
I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going. All that’s left are some people to thank and, if you’ll allow some nostalgia, a few recollections of my journey. FAREWELL - I’ve been blogging about the Times crossword now for a little over three years and I’ve finally run out of things to say, so this is my 555th andįinal Wordplay post.
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