Crossword puzzles were first created by Arthur Wynne and the first one was published in a Sunday newspaper, The New York World, on December 21, 1913.
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Sunday February the 15th 1942 was when the New York Times ran their first crossword puzzle. They had resisted prior to that date as they thought crossword puzzles were frivolous.
The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) which published the NEA Crossword Daily Puzzle is no longer publishing the crossword puzzles.
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Arthur Wynne created the first modern crossword for the New York World in their edition of December 21, 1913.
The first was in 1913.