'Queen of crosswords' recovers the puzzle's feminist side
March 05, 2024
March 05, 2024
ITHACA, New York, March 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Cornell media scholar Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times crossword at age 19 and has since been crowned "the new queen of crosswords" in the media for reenergizing this puzzle genre and cracking into its white male power base. These days, most crossword editors and constructors are men, but it wasn't always this way.
Anna Shechtman
"I've learned how woma . . .
Cornell media scholar Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times crossword at age 19 and has since been crowned "the new queen of crosswords" in the media for reenergizing this puzzle genre and cracking into its white male power base. These days, most crossword editors and constructors are men, but it wasn't always this way.
Anna Shechtman
"I've learned how woma . . .