Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them"This cultural and personal history of crosswords and their fans, written by an aficionado, is diverting, informative, and discursive." The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle became indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper editor at the New York