Crosswords: the meow meow of the 1920s
Alan Connor,
The Guardian,
Mar 04, 2024
Back in the days when newspapers were printed on paper and going down to the coffee shop four an hour or so on a Sunday morning was a thing I would spend that time working on my NY Times crossword puzzle, republished locally. I never considered it a threat to my well-being; quite to opposite, actually. But this article recounts (with some hilarity) the great crossword panic of the 1920s with fears ranging from "idling workers, distracted housewives and a decline in reading." Oh! We are so concerned about the morality of others.
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