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Across
  1. 6. the name of a newspaper that published a heart shaped crossword for Valentine's Day in 1925
  2. 7. (abbreviation) the group created by Simon & Schusuter that standardized the appearance of crossword puzzles
  3. 9. publisher of the first "Quickway" Dictionary
  4. 10. a person skillful in creating or solving crossword puzzles
  5. 13. the publisher that bought Simon & Schuster
  6. 14. the british creator of the first crossword puzzle in 1913
Down
  1. 1. this man holds a record for most crossword puzzles published at 75,000
  2. 2. the alias of the man who invented "cryptic crosswords"
  3. 3. the publishers of the first crossword puzzle book
  4. 4. a movie produced in 1925 starring Pete Gordon
  5. 5. the first name for crosswords
  6. 8. the newspaper that refused to publish any crossswords until 1942 because they considered it "a primitive form of mental exercise"
  7. 11. the only word given in the first crossword puzzle
  8. 12. the singer of the song "Cross-word mamma, you puzzle me (But papa's gonna figure you out)"