European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine 03 s new wave traditional Puzzle makers Exchange Cross words by Frank Rizzo. Hartford Courante Rthur Wynne would not recognize his own creation and would be even More surprised at Ibe controversy l has created Wynne s first Diamond shaped word Cross Puzo appropriately tilled fun. Appeared dec. 21, 1913, in the now Yoth daily world. Newspaper. Seventy five years later crossword puzzles intrigue More than 27 million newspaper readers in the United slates according to a Survey conducted last year by the newspaper advertising Bureau. And contests. Such As he american crossword Puzzle tournament held annually in Stamford conn., attract hundreds of contestants from throughout the country i think he d be astounded at what crossword puzzles have come to be says Maura a Jacobson editor lot. Hew Yuk Magazine s Lively humorous and challenging crossword Puzzle these Days puzzles Are Likely of contain puns in jokes and running gags for example. One recent up Zeta clue what Hie mrs. Did Whon or. Potato head travelled " answer ". Another Lanci clue. " a team Star in  answer  one clue Lor 9 Down was " self explanatory the answer  or 1he clue subordinate Claus brought the answer  think puzzles Are constantly undergoing evolution a Dotison  s whal makes them interesting. Part of that evolution comes Iron a progressive group of constructors and editors some of whom Coll their puzzles new wave or  to distinguish them from the majority of puzzles in thousands of newspapers magazines and Hobby books. ,. / v. Puzzle revisionists say that they want to get away trom the image of the crossword Puzzle As an elite. Professorial Endeavor out of touch with contemporary language references and the limes. But Many old Lime puzzlers see the new guard As being too Liberal and Way out eager to throw out  in favor of Rock n Roll.  t a Black and White Issue. New wave suggests an abrupt break from the past which is not  says will Sholz. A Serilo Adilor at games the 700,000-circulation Magazine that. Features puzzles of All styles and degrees i difficulty. News Lyla puzzles he says do not have unnecessarily obscure clues or answers. Shortz also says the new wave Puzzle makers Are More diligent in1he elimination i crossword Ese those Short Welt. Vow eled words such As Esne Anglo Saxon labourer or Anoa indonesian of thai abound in so Many traditional puzzles. Words like that give crosswords a bad name says Stanley Newman 36, president of tha american crossword federation and one of Iho now wave s most outspoken defenders. " Esne " snits Merl h. Oagle Puzzle editor of image the sunday Magazine of the san Francisco examiner and a progressive constructor we Halo that  new wavers also say Hal hey want to have Mote words names phrases and references that people use in everyday  fundamental difference is we re trying to Lake crossword puzzles out of the dictionary says Reagle. 38, who also created an anniversary Puzzle for this month s Lite Magazine. All you have to do is Lake a look at the clues of any daily newspaper crossword Puzzle and try to find one clue thai relates to anything that has happened in the last 30 years Newman says. Reagle is not persuaded by conservatives who say that there must be a Standard and the dictionary should be it you can misuse inc dictionary he says. When the old school wants to make a clue hard they go Way Down in the list of definitions and gel an obscure meaning. When we make it difficult we just clue ii cleverly we Don t lose track of the fun of making something harder. They do. The difference is Whon you answer one of our clues a Light bulb goes on. When you fill in the boxes to one of their answers and see the word no Light bulb comes on. Aller you gel it you Don t get  Sholz says that a sense of playfulness an eagerness to create new theme puzzles the occasional use of a Well known Brand name and the striving to have As few Black spaces As possible Are also characteristics of the new school. The criticism that new wave puzzlers Tavor a no rules approach with Many Rock n Roll references is hooey Newman says. I m no against pulling lets Ancas to mythology or literature opera or any other references to a classical education in puzzles says Newman who also edits he sunday crossword Puzzle or newsway on Long Island. . ,. \ Bui what a Puzzle should to and this is not a revolutionary doctrine is Hal it should contain a balanced mixture of knowledge that will be relevant or interesting to All  other agree. There s not much difference Between the two. Campusand i feel that it s blown Way out of proportion says William Lutwiniak co editor of the Washington Post Magazine s sunday Puzzle. Some of it the criticism is justified admits Lutwiniak 78, a traditionalist whom Many new. Wavers Admire Bui it s highly overdone. There s very Little that tha new wave does thai a tradition asses Haven t done.". Eugene to Maleska now York times crossword Puzzle editor takes much of the criticism personally. I think it s professional jealousy to says bristling at the mention of the new wave Camp and its criticisms of new York times puzzles which Over decades has become the epitome of crossword  deliberately double Blind having two obscure words Cross each other says Maleska 72, who has a doctorate in latin and greek from  get too Many tellers from fans that say the puzzles Aren t hard enough Bui Seldom happens that when you get the answer you won t know it.". ,. And some people love the Esnes and Anas ". Maleska says they see these words As their footholds to the Pizlo. They love crossword Ese As for the future of crossword puzzles Sholz feels the progressives will eventually takeover. They re More popular so that s one reason Why f think they la supersede the old guard. Shortz says. The biker reason is most of the Young constructors identify with the new wave and they will just naturally. Replace he older ones. ,-.-. A i am worried that these new wavers will corrupt the puzzles Maleska  people with lesser abilities become editors then they will debase the crossword  but maybe the fans will Stop them so it s hard to  sunday december 181968. The stars an0  13