Bob Frank author page
5 puzzles by Bob Frank
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11/16/1998 | 2/17/2004 | 4 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|
| 1.55 | 18 | 22% |
See the 18 answer words debuted by Bob Frank.
Bob Frank started solving crosswords as a commuter on New York's Long Island Railroad in the 1970s. Back then, when finished reading the news of the day, most rail commuters went on to solve the daily crossword puzzle.
He didn't start writing crosswords until some years later after he had left MetLife and had begun working for New York State Civil Service. The office where he worked had a newsletter, and he volunteered to try my hand at creating crosswords for it.
On October 24, 1996, his first NEWSDAY effort proved successful. He went on to have more published in other publications, including, with some help from Nancy Salomon, the New York Times. He quit authoring crosswords in 2004.
In 2023, he made a comeback. After quite a few adjustments to hisinitial submission — and with the help of Jeff Chen - he was successful again, after that nearly 20-year hiatus, and got one of his works published in a major nationally-distributed newspaper (although it was not the New York Times) on Monday, March 27th, 2023.
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