Robert Guilbert's

CrosswordAcademy

FEATURES
Robert Guilbert's CrosswordAcademy......2
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Editorial
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Contest#7 Resutts(July/August).................
Cover Story by HeleneHovanec
Margaret Farrar:
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A CrosswordHall-of-Famer....................
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My FriendlMargaret

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RobertGuilbert, a Milwaukee-basedfreelancewriter/consultant,dedicatedthe last yearsof his life trnng o establisha

CrosswordAcademy.Inhis own words:'I initiatedtheAcademy idea out of my inlerest in the art of the crossword.Not
being a candidatefor any category of membershipas an
interestedbystander,I felt the time wasripe to get all cunent
crosswordprofessionalstogetherin a form ofpublic recognition."
Guilbert had an extensivebackgroundin marketing and
'30s;worked
He starredin aradioserialin the
communications.

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by ShirleySoloway
T\wosomes
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Robert
Williams
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Wayne
Grown-Upsby
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All DeckedOut by ToddL. Caulkee...............
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Crossroadsby CathyMillhauser....................
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Lady Dye by RichardSilvestri.......................
What FlappersCalledTheir Guys
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by MannyNosowsky
OneDay at a Time by ErnieFunado..............11
Get a Move On by ThomasW. Schier..........12
Tune in the Weather Forecast
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by R N{"Hopkins
Alex
IC Justin....15
In-Between
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High,Low and
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Oh, Brother! by FredPiscop
AbbreviatedEndingsby RandolphRoss.....16
You Don't Sayby Merl Reagle.....................17
forNBC in the early daysof television;servedwith J. Walter
Thompson(then the world's largest advertising agency)in
No Dollies by RobertLieblich......................18
Saythe MagicWordsby BobLubbers...........19 major world marketsasa TV producer,writer, accountexecuE. Gersch...........20tive, and manager;and worked as a director of marketingfor
ThreeEnterpriseby Charles
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tlansen...................
FunnyBtsiness
byFrances
His vision was to recognizemany levels of professional
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CrosswordEaseby Alex Vaughn.................
people<onstructors, editon, writers, publishers,
crossword
GenderBenderby ErnieFurtado...........,......22
contestwinners--qnd housethe Academyin a public instituProverbiallySpeakingby Eric Albert..........23 tion in Washington,D.C. He wantedto commissionanartistto
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C-apital
Crime byArthurS.Verdesca
Alexander.....27 Wynne,inventorof the crossword.
PagingJoeMiller by Rebecca
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I See...by Trip Payne
alotof timeandmoneytryingto fulfill his
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dream. Over a three-yearperiod he contactedmostof the top
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crosswordprofessionals.Finally, a group of 28 constuctors
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by RichardSilvestri

VARIETYPUZZLES
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Diagramlessby StanleyNewman..................
Cryptic Crossword#1
by Emily Cox andHenryRathvon..........24
Cryptic Crossword#2 byFredPiscop...........U
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Split Decisionsruby GeorgeBredehorn.

City andspentseveralhoursdebatingwaysto promotetheir art

and improvetheir levelsof pay. Unfortunately,Guilbert died
soonafterttratmeetingandtheideaof the Academyseemedto
die also.No onein the puzzlefield hasexpressedany interest
in continuing the project as he envisionedit. However, the
raisond'ere behindhis Academy-honoring the peoplewho
have conributd most to the profession-will continue in
anotherformat-through CROSSW RD magazine'sestablishment of a Crosswordllall of Fame. Its first inducteeis
Farrar,whosecontributionis chronicled
MargaretPetherbridge
will be inductedinto
on page5. Eachyearanothergrandmaster
the llall of Fameandprofiled here.
- HeleneHovanec

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November/December1992