Umzekelo, malunga ne-1925, uyila uyilo lwamagama aphambili kwiparadesi yakhe ePalm Beach, eFlorida. ( Ifoto: Getty Images ) ICruciverbalists inesizathu sokubhiyozela le veki. Ijenali yeWall Street Ngoku ine-crossword iphazili yemihla ngemihla, iindaba ezabhengezwa liphepha namhlanje kwibhanile enkulu phezulu kwecandelo layo leShishini kunye neTekhnoloji.
UMike Shenk, ohlele amagama aphambili kwi Ijenali ngokuzimeleyo ukusukela nge1998, usixelele ngencoko yomnxeba ukuba iphepha belihamba lisiya kwigama elingena mihla le ixesha elininzi ngoku.
Bonawayefuna ukunika abalandeli beepuzzle iipuzzle ngakumbi ukuba bazenze veki nganye, utshilo uMnu Shenk.Kuthathe ixesha, kodwa ngoku siza kuba nayo yonke imihla.
UMnu Shenk ebehleli ehlela iiphazili Ijenali okoko zongezwa ephepheni kwi-90s yasemva kwexesha. Iphazili enkulu yayihlala ivela ngolwesiHlanu, njengoko kwakungekho phephandaba langoMgqibelo ngelo xesha. Xa kongezwa ushicilelo lweempelaveki ngo-2005, uMnu.Shenk waqala ukuhlela iphazili yangoLwesihlanu kunye nephazili eyahlukeneyo yephepha langoMgqibelo.
Emva koko, kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, eli phepha longeze igama elinguMvulo, elivela kwiGreater New York yokuxhasa, efumaneka kuphela kuhlelo oluthile. Ngoku, uMnu.Shenk uthe, iphazili enkulu yangoLwesihlanu izakuya kushicilelo lwempelaveki kunye nepuzzle eyahlukeneyo, kwaye kuyakubakho igama eliphambeneyo losuku ngalunye lweveki, olufumaneka kuhlelo ngalunye.
Ngokungafaniyo ne- Amaxesha Amagama aphambeneyo, uMnumzana Shenk, oneminyaka engama-57 kwaye uhlala eNew York, uthe iiphazili zakhe azizukuba nzima kakhulu njengoko iqhubeka iveki, nangona iipuzzle zangoMvulo zizakuba zezona zilula. Iphazili yangoLwesihlanu, utshilo, uya kuba nenxalenye encinci yokhuphiswano. Abaphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano banokufumana i-crossword mug.
Umnumzana Shenk, othi ngamanye amaxesha abhale amagama aphikisayo ephepheni phantsi kwegama elingelolakhe, uthe naye unoluhlu lwabakhi abaza kuba negalelo ekuhambeni kwepuzzle kwemihla ngemihla.
Igama eliyinqamlezo lanamhlanje, elinomxholo othi Ekuqalekeni, liziva lilula kancinci kunendlela yokuwela ngoMvulo kwi- Amaxesha , Iipuzzle zakhe ezihlelwe nguWill Shortz, kunye nabani UMnu Shenk wasebenza e Imidlalo kwiphephancwadi kwiminyaka yoo-1980.
Iphazili, kwiphepha B5 kunye iyafumaneka yasimahla kwi-Intanethi, ibhalwe nguColin Gale, iigrama zeCollege. Kulabo abangaziyo-kwaye asizukusola ukuba awunjalo-oko kukuvuma kwiphepha apho uMnu Shenk waqala khona ukwakha amagama aphikisayo, iPenn State Umfundi wemihla ngemihla .
