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.
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The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) which published the NEA Crossword Daily Puzzle is no longer publishing the crossword puzzles.
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.
Arthur Wynne created the first modern crossword for the New York World in their edition of December 21, 1913.
there would be an another cross word champion or the second crossword champion would go first.