How Author Thomas Became a Crossword Clue Phenomenon
The first time a solver encounters “author thomas” in a crossword grid, it’s rarely about the name itself. It’s about the *association*—the literary ghost lurking behind the letters, the unsolved riddle of which Thomas the puzzle-maker had in mind. Was it Thomas Hardy, the melancholic chronicler of Wessex? Or perhaps Thomas Mann, the Nobel laureate … Read more
