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Number of newspaper obituaries since 2000 mentioning the deceased's love of crosswords:
397
Source: Nexis Research, 9/20/2006
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Year the first crossworld puzzle appeared in a newspaper:
1913
The puzzle appeared in the New York World.
Source: Boston Globe, 6/28/2005
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Number of Americans who regularly work on crossword puzzles:
60 million
According to Marc Romano in his book "Crossworld."
Source: Los Angeles Times, 6/19/2005
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