The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

After the decision was already made to begin including a crossword puzzle in each issue of The Times (the first one appears this week on page 10), I did a little research and discovered that we’ve just begun the centennial anniversary year of the crossword puzzle. The first word puzzle in the form we know today as a crossword appeared in the New York World newspaper on December 21, 1913.

So it’s about time we got on board.

Believe it or not, crossword puzzles have endured their share of controversy over the years. Thanks to the modern marvel of Wiki- pedia, I found some juicy quotes abo...