"Then Farrar sent her an envelope filled with graph paper and said, 'As long as you're lying in bed, why don't you work on some puzzles?'" "Margaret Farrar was looking forward to her submitting some more puzzles," Jerome Jacobson said.
(Jerome Jacobson) Unfortunate circumstanceĭespite a handful of crosswords printed in the New York Times newspaper and magazine, Jacobson retired early from her craft.īut in 1971, a car accident lead her to revisit her career. Jacobson, a crossword constructor known for her puzzles in New York Magazine, died Dec. "If Maura would make corrections, she would consider publishing the puzzle." "She wrote back to Maura that she looked everywhere, but she couldn't find those two words anywhere," he said. Jacobson sent that crossword to then-New York Times crossword editor Margaret Farrar, who replied with her feedback. each of which had a puzzle and he would solve both puzzles."Īt some point, she attempted to create her own puzzles, using "Jerome" as a clue and making up the final two words in her first. Jerome Jacobson said his wife credited her start in crosswords to her father. "She didn't want people to have to suffer while doing the puzzle." Curious beginning Jerome Jacobson, her husband, told As It Happens host Carol Off. Her work is admired by cruciverbalists - people skilled at the art of solving and building crosswords. The White Plains, N.Y., puzzle maker built crosswords in New York magazine for over three decades. Maura Jacobson, a superstar crossword constructor known for puns and clever themes, died Christmas Day.
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