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The Art of Crossword Construction with Ruth B. Margolin

via Zoom

Explore the inner workings of crossword puzzles with a published puzzle creator.

This Zoom webinar will not be recorded.

Have you ever wondered what is involved in producing the small bit of entertainment with which you might start your day? This program will walk through the steps of creating a publishable crossword puzzle, from concept to completion. Follow the process, see the resources used, and gain insight into the attention to detail that is at the foundation of a quality puzzle. 

Ruth B. Margolin broke into the field of crossword puzzle construction in 2014. She has had more than a dozen puzzles published in the New York Times, including five Sunday puzzles. In addition, she has had three puzzles in the Wall Street Journal, one in USA Today, and she now has a monthly crossword feature in her local New Jersey newspaper. She has been invited to serve as an Official and a constructor at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, to join a national group of women constructors in creating puzzles to raise funds for women’s causes, and to create a puzzle for a Boswords tournament. In her professional life, Ruth was the director of a variety of educational programs and schools over the past several decades. She now spends her time involved in intensive volunteer work in the community, and she writes puzzles as a hobby. With a love of words and an empty nest, Ruth enjoys the creativity of making puzzles, and she gets a kick out of the conversations that result from her unusual response to the inevitable small talk question: “So, what do you do?”

This program is hosted by Memorial Hall Library in partnership with Flint Memorial Library in North Reading, Tewksbury Public Library, and Wilmington Memorial Library.

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