Above: an early (if not THE earliest) Roz Chast cartoon, copyright The New Yorker. Brooklyn, NY - Roughly a thousand crossword puzzle fans flocked to the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott this past weekend for the 34th-annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, hosted by New York Times puzzle master Will Shortz. - via Mary Frost for The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
I wish there was video of this:
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast entertained with a speech composed almost entirely of crossword puzzle words, including “egret,” “emu” and “aerie.”EDIT: Oh my. I found it in no time:
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But Roz, where is "Klakk" ? [IIFC, Roz's first NY'er cartoon, "Jimmy's Little World," featured a weird toy called "Klakk."
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