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The Klarman Fellow (and future prof) is a regular contributor to the New Yorker<\/em>\u2014and she created a puzzle just for Cornellians<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the online New Yorker<\/em>, the most challenging crosswords run on Mondays. The puzzle for May 23<\/a>\u2014a toughie\u2014includes clues on a dizzying variety of topics: \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d NCAA sports, the Light Brigade, biochemistry, Greek drama, lingerie, geography, pop music, the Wild West, cocktails, the films of Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart, and the fashions of Swinging London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s just for starters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

34 Across: Like science fiction concerning the ethics of artificial intelligence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

46 Down: \u201c___, \u00c9paules, Genoux, et Pieds\u201d (classic children\u2019s song, in French)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author of this cruciverbalist\u2019s feast is Anna Shechtman<\/a>, a postdoctoral fellow and future faculty member on the Hill. (She\u2019ll become an assistant professor in the Department of Literatures in English in fall 2024.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A star in the crossword world, Shechtman has gained fame not only for the \u00e9lan and cleverness of her creations, but because\u2014as a woman now in her early 30s\u2014she brings a fresh voice to a field that has traditionally been dominated by older, male constructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shechtman was just 19 and an undergrad at Swarthmore when she published her first puzzle in the New York Times<\/em><\/a> in May 2010. (As the paper\u2019s \u201cWordplay\u201d column predicted, Shechtman \u201chas a bright future if she keeps up this level of creativity.\u201d) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That led to a coveted gig as the assistant to Will Shortz, the Times\u2019<\/em> legendary puzzle editor. As hardcore fans know, after constructors submit their puzzles, Shortz rewrites as many as 90% of the clues\u2014and part of Shechtman\u2019s job was to help him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes, that was, \u2018Who can come up with the most clever wordplay?\u2019\u2014the clue that makes you think of all the different usages before you realize you’ve been misdirected,\u201d she recalls. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Test your brainpower with a Cornell-themed crossword!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\ud83d\udcc4 Download puzzle<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOther times we\u2019d debate usage: \u2018Is the way I understand this word\u2014growing up as a Millennial in Lower Manhattan\u2014the same way he understands it as a Boomer who grew up on a horse farm in Indiana?\u2019 All aspects of our cultural history would be brought to bear on these questions about lexicon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shechtman left the job to attend grad school at Yale, where she earned a doctorate in English literature and film and media studies. She came to Cornell in fall 2021 as a Klarman Fellow<\/a>\u2014part of a program in Arts & Sciences that brings outstanding postdoctoral scholars to the Hill for up to three years of funded research, with no teaching obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s currently at work on two books, one of them academic: an expansion of her dissertation that explores the evolution of the concept of \u201cmedia.\u201d The other is a history of crossword puzzles, with a focus on gender issues. Titled The<\/em> Riddles of the Sphinx<\/em>, it\u2019s slated to be published by HarperCollins in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the first half of the 20th century, the majority of crossword constructors were women\u2014and now, it\u2019s around 20%,\u201d she notes. \u201cWhy did that happen? What does it say about \u2018women’s work\u2019\u2014and about changes in the status of crossword puzzles and how they\u2019re made?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first half of the 20th century, the majority of crossword constructors were women\u2014and now, it\u2019s around 20%.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As she\u2019ll describe in the book\u2014each section of which will open with a new Shechtman puzzle\u2014when crosswords debuted more than a century ago, they sparked a craze that swept the nation. And akin to future fears about the deleterious effects of movies, TV, and social media, crosswords were seen in some quarters as a societal evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople were saying not just that they were a distraction that siphons your intellectual energy, but also, in a weird way, your erotic energy,\u201d she observes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was taking away from the family unit. \u2018Wives are not tending to their husbands anymore, because they’re busy doing crossword puzzles.\u2019 There was a spate of divorces\u2014and because there was no \u2018no-fault\u2019 divorce, the \u2018fault\u2019 was crosswords.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a personal essay in the New Yorker<\/em><\/a> published in December 2021, Shechtman unpacked the role that crosswords played in her own youth. As she struggled with an eating disorder that ultimately led to residential treatment, constructing them\u2014starting at age 14\u2014became both an outlet and a fixation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would write them in moments of intense body dysmorphia,\u201d she recalls. \u201cMy self esteem was quite low, and they gave me a real sense of pride and accomplishment. But they also use your brain in such a way that you almost forget you’re in your body\u2014and I found that to be a relief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shechtman (far left) celebrates the launch of a new version of the New York Times <\/em>crossword app with colleagues\u2014including her then-boss, Will Shortz (third from right). (Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Even after Shechtman started publishing her puzzles, she still made them old-school\u2014by hand, using graph paper. She eventually joined most of her peers in adopting purpose-built software, which vastly speeds the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s still a lot of authorship and innovation involved,\u201d she says. \u201cBut it’s a whole different project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was among the founders of the current incarnation of the New Yorker<\/em> crossword, a now-weekday feature the magazine\u2019s website launched in 2018, and she remains a regular contributor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike in the Times<\/em>, the New Yorker<\/em> puzzles are lightly edited\u2014though heavily fact-checked\u2014so its constructors\u2019 individual voices shine through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What distinguishes a Shechtman?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery puzzle is an index of its maker\u2019s preoccupations and interests,\u201d she observes. \u201cI’ve been told that my puzzles have a lot of pop cultural references and also a lot of academic references, which is not surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every puzzle is an index of its maker\u2019s preoccupations and interests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Shechtman recalls that when she worked for Shortz, the two would often debate whether a clue was \u201ccrossword worthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was it not only trivia\u2014which is, after all, intrinsic to knowledge games\u2014but downright trivial<\/em>, and undeserving of inclusion in a Times<\/em> puzzle? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was it something a typical solver would know? And who was a typical solver, anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got into conversations\u2014always very amicable\u2014about \u2018What is puzzle work?\u2019\u201d she says, \u201cwhich were anything but trivial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor’s note: The puzzle featured above is a .pdf file and is intended for downloading in order to print and complete by hand. As such, it does not meet WCAG web accessibility standards.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top image: Illustration by Cornell University from a provided photo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published July 15, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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