Every day, one on one, thousands engage the puzzle editor who, sometimes devilish and sometimes pedantic, becomes a friend.

If you insist the author will accept some form of payment, for which you can obtain the puzzle editor and create your own new levels.

According to Ms. Arnot, the contest began 10 years ago, as a way to get puzzle editors and players together.

He succeeds Eugene T. Maleska, the puzzle editor from 1977 until his death in August.

After she retired she continued to make crosswords as puzzle editor for The Australian newspaper weekend edition until late 2011.

So he contacted me (I was the puzzle editor of a group of crossword magazines in Stamford at the time) to organize a tournament.

It was during his tenure as puzzle editor that I became engulfed in cruciverbalism and have remained an addict ever since.

Will Shortz, the puzzle editor of The New York Times, confirmed the judge's suspicion.

One Israeli man, injured by shrapnel, went to law school and served as the puzzle editor for a local newspaper.

Apart from the story mode there is a tutorial, a challenge mode and an puzzle editor.