It is always with a tinge of sadness that I write aboutMorris Markey, who from the start wrote for virtually every department atTheNew Yorkerand was best known for his “A Reporter at Large” feature. According to his obituary inThe New York Times, Markey won his greatest recognition for t...
Though a man, Arthur Wynne, came up with the basic idea (his diamond-shaped “word-cross” made its debut in 1913), the rules that would come to define the standard crossword, governing everything from the proportion of black squares to the ordering of clues, were put in place by women...
…William Crawford Galbraith gave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerney showed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …this Mary Petty cartoon recalls Carl Rose’s famous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with...
introduced this clue to the New York Times crossword puzzle in 2014, readers took notice. “Bro” was traditionally clued as “sibling for sis”. Ms Shechtman was modernising the puzzle and capturing the zeitgeist.
Lola is a hip, modern New Yorker. She’s an editor, now in her early 30’s. She’s had her string of boyfriends and lovers but is currently living a boyfriend whom she will be marrying soon. On one particular night out with some friends Lola steps away from the gathering to pick ...
New York, where for the first time he “encountered really good preaching, exegesis, grappling with the larger tradition of the church.” Then came the moment, just after his child was born, when he was sitting in a lonely hotel on a fruitless business trip. He had absolutely no clue ...
combined in your mind and the minds of those in your government into proof of your derring-do and your success against the terrorists, the ones that didn’t have anthrax, the ones who didn’t have plane tickets or passports, the ones who didn’t have any clue, let alone any plots.”...
Answer: “Bro”. When Anna Shechtman, a cruciverbalist (crossword constructor), introduced this clue to the New York Times crossword puzzle in 2014, readers took notice. “Bro” was traditionally clued as “sibling for sis”. Ms Shechtman was modernising the puzzle and capturing the zeitgeist...
And back to the June 2, 1928 issue, we find this ad for Rolls Royce that offered a vision of a future airliner—in the year 1948. Since the artist had no clue what the future would hold, he conjured up this contraption that looked like a streamlined Noah’s Ark attached to a huge ...
…William Crawford Galbraithgave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerneyshowed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …thisMary Pettycartoon recallsCarl Rose’sfamous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with it” in...