He is the founder and director of the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project, a collaborative effort to build a digitized, searchable database of New York Times crossword puzzles dating back to 1942. To date, David has had hundreds of puzzles published in the Times and other markets (Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Daily Celebrity Crossword, The Crosswords Club, The American Values Club Crossword, BuzzFeed and The Jerusalem Post). Still having problems or simply want to let us know what you think? Try one of the items below. Yes, even if you have Adobe Flash enabled properly in your browser, you may not have it enabled for this specific page. Keep up-to-date on: © 2020 Smithsonian Magazine. Behind the Scenes With the White House Residence's Long-Serving Staff, The Lab Saving the World From Snake Bites, How Hedges Became the Unofficial Emblem of Great Britain. Unscramble the words to complete the comic. var amuTemplateType = 'single'; Behold the Largest Congregation of Bald Eagles in the United States, The Hunt for Julius Caesar's Assassins Marked the Last Days of the Roman Republic, How Dogs and Humans Evolved and Migrated in Tandem, When Catherine of Aragon Led England's Armies to Victory Over Scotland, The Alaskan Island That Humans Can’t Conquer, Four Times the Results of a Presidential Election Were Contested, Researchers Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Maya Water Filtration System. E-mail us at games@merriam-webster.com.

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