Matt Gaffney is a professional crossword puzzle constructor and author[1] who lives in Staunton, Virginia. His puzzles have appeared in Billboard magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Beast,[2]Dell Champion Crossword Puzzles, GAMES magazine, the Los Angeles Times,[3]New York magazine, the New York Times,[3]Newsday, The Onion, Slate magazine,[4] the Wall Street Journal,[3] the Washington Post,[5] Washingtonian Magazine, The Week, and Wine Spectator.[6]
Gaffney was thirteen when his first crossword puzzle was published in Dell Champion Crossword Puzzles,[7] and has gone on to create more than 4,000 crossword puzzles over the past 25 years.[8] His puzzles have been published in the New York Times 58 times.[9] He has served as judge[10] for Will Shortz's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and won the Junior division as a contestant in 1997.[11] He has created puzzles for Lollapuzzoola and guest-constructed for Brendan Emmett Quigley.[12] He was previously a contributor to the Onion A.V. Club crossword, edited by Ben Tausig. Since June 6, 2008, he has created a weekly crossword puzzle contest (MGWCC),[13] and since September 21, 2011, he has created a daily crossword puzzle (MGDC).[14] On October 11, 2013, Gaffney started a Gaffney on Crosswords blog[15] covering all things crossword related. In July 2014 Gaffney's "Murder by Meta" Kickstarter project was released.[16] In July 2023 Gaffney created a weekly crossword for Merriam-Webster’s website. It’s a puzzle type called "The Missing Letter". Twenty five entries in the grid are defined using their Merriam-Webster dictionary definition, and these each begin with a different letter of the alphabet. The only one not represented each week is "The Missing Letter".[17]
^"The Weekly Standard". Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^"The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ abc"The American Prospect". Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^"Slate Magazine". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^"Washington Post". 26 August 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^"Best For Puzzles". Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^Gaffney, Matt (2006). Gridlock: Crossword Puzzles and the Mad Geniuses Who Create Them. New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 225.
^"About Matt Gaffney". Retrieved 25 November 2012.
^"XwordInfo". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^"American Crossword Puzzle Tournament". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^"American Crossword Puzzle Tournament". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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