She instructed Times contributors to make their puzzles “bright and entertaining”, and instituted what came to be called the “breakfast test”, requiring the removal of any word or clue that might put a solver off their breakfast. This ruled out not only gross and indecorous topics, but a...
Miguel Covarrubiaswas one of the first artists to contribute to the fledglingNew Yorker, and his linear style was well known to readers when he opened his latest show at New York’s Valentine Gallery. It featured works he had created during a 1931 sojourn in the East Indies. CriticMurdock P...
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...
美国哈珀一号出版社;288页,定价29.99美元/22英镑 What is a three-letter word for “preppy, party-loving, egotistical male, in modern lingo”? Answer: “Bro”. When Anna Shechtman, a cruciverbalist (crossword constructor), introduced this clue to the New York Times crossword puzzle in 2014, ...
Basically, a cryptic clue consists of two elements: a definition of the answer (the so-called straight part), and a wordplay elementthatelliptically suggests the same answer (the cryptic portion). ... From 1997 to 1999, The New Yorker ran a cryptic crossword in the back of the magazine...
Lone Shark Games さんはThe Maze of Games: An Interactive Puzzle Novel としてファンディングを開始しました。 An interactive puzzle novel written by Mike Selinker, with enchanting illustrations by Pete Venters.
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 ...
She instructed Times contributors to make their puzzles “bright and entertaining”, and instituted what came to be called the “breakfast test”, requiring the removal of any word or clue that might put a solver off their breakfast. This ruled out not only gross and indecorous topics, but ...
Kay Boylewas thirty and still cutting her teeth as a writer and political activist whenThe New Yorkerpublished her short story “Black Boy,” told through an unnamed narrator who recalls a childhood visit to the seaside. May 14, 1930 cover byBela Dankovsky. ...
Roosevelt of New York, right, did the ribbon honors at the dedication. (New Haven Register/AP) * * * They Couldn’t Say ‘Hooters’ Either In these coarser times it is hard to believe that 89 years ago the word “bosom” was a “no-no” on the nation’s airwaves, per this “...