Emily Cox (compiler)
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Emily Cox is a US puzzle
writer
. She and her partner, Henry Rathvon
, wrote "The Atlantic Puzzler," a cryptic crossword
featured each month in the magazine
The Atlantic Monthly
from 1997 to August 2009 . (After March 2006, the Puzzler was published solely online at The Atlantic's website.) They also create acrostic puzzles
for The New York Times
, cryptic crosswords for Canada's National Post
, various puzzles for the US Airways
in-flight magazine, and Sunday crosswords for The Boston Globe
. Cox and Rathvon are now also contributing cryptic crosswords to the Wall Street Journal on Saturdays.
Puzzle
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. She and her partner, Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon is a puzzle writer. He and his partner, Emily Cox, wrote The Atlantic Puzzler, a cryptic crossword featured each month in the magazine The Atlantic Monthly from September 1977 to October 2009...
, wrote "The Atlantic Puzzler," a cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crosswords are crossword puzzles in which each clue is a word puzzle in and of itself. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta,...
featured each month in the magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
from 1997 to August 2009 . (After March 2006, the Puzzler was published solely online at The Atlantic's website.) They also create acrostic puzzles
Acrostic (puzzle)
An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer...
for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, cryptic crosswords for Canada's National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
, various puzzles for the US Airways
US Airways
US Airways, Inc. is a major airline based in the U.S. city of Tempe, Arizona. The airline is an operating unit of US Airways Group and is the sixth largest airline by traffic and eighth largest by market value in the country....
in-flight magazine, and Sunday crosswords for The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
. Cox and Rathvon are now also contributing cryptic crosswords to the Wall Street Journal on Saturdays.