Thinking Inside the Box

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By Adrienne Raphel ’10

Published Nov. 22, 2019

Part history, part profile, and full love letter, Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them (Penguin) tells the stories of crosswords and the cruciverbalists behind them, with reflections on how crosswords bring joy to people and how they have evolved as an art form.

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