Arthur Wynne (1862 - 1945), born Liverpool, England, was a British editor and puzzle constructor in his home country and the United States of America. He invented the crossword puzzle in 1913. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Crossword Puzzle was the second to last album made by The Partridge Family, and was not one of the most popular albums. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

He worked for the New York World, then one day was asked to invent a new game for the paper. Wynne thought of a game he had played in his childhood called Magic Squares, and soon came up with the crossword Puzzle, which was first issued in the December 21st, 1913 issue of the World. The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ...

It was originally called a Word-Cross Puzzle and was diamond shaped and had no black spaces.

Soon, it became cross-word then crossword, and had black spaces. Arthur came out with his first crossword puzzle book in 1924.