![]() USA Today has not responded to a CNN request for comment. “Until then, Tim has agreed to temporarily step back from any editorial role for both USA Today and Universal Crosswords,” it said. He is also the creator and senior editor of the Universal Crossword, the Internets most popular crossword puzzle since 1998, and the author of the annual bestselling USA Today Crossword Calendar. ![]() In a statement Monday, Universal Uclick said it had high regard for Parker’s work but took FiveThirtyEight’s allegations “very seriously” and would look into them. Parker is the ''Worlds Most Syndicated Puzzle Compiler'' according to Guinness World Records. “I would expect it to be a couple of hundred.” “Out of 15,000, I’m not surprised at all,” he said. Parker has created and/or edited over 20,100 crosswords, more than anyone in American crossword history. Parker told FiveThirtyEight it was not surprising that puzzlers found 65 crosswords that duplicated New York Times’ themes, given the number he had edited. He is the only US editor to achieve this incredible feat. Incredibly, he managed both of them at once. The rest of the answers are fillers, he says. Timothy Parker’s hard work and determination made it possible for him to run two national crossword franchises including Universal Crosswords and USA Today crosswords the former for 21 years and running, and the latter nearly 13 years. Roeder wrote that “themes” are the longer answers in a crossword grid that make it unique. His work has appeared with Warner Bros., Disney, USA Today, Smithsonian Institute, Comcast, Merriam-Websters, Yahoo, CNN, CBS News, NBC, Le Monde, Herrs and others. ![]() ![]() “We don’t look at anybody else’s puzzles or really care about anyone else’s puzzles,” Parker said, according to the blog. Parker is a TV producer, crossword and games creator, constructor and editor with credits in TV and hundreds of newspapers and websites. Some puzzles were also duplicated within USA Today and Universal Uclick and published under fake bylines, he wrote.Īsked about the alleged plagiarism, Parker told FiveThirtyEight that any similarities were “mere coincidence” and that he hadn’t looked at the New York Times’ puzzles “in years.” Puzzlers using a digital database claim that USA Today and Universal Uclick crossword editor Timothy Parker copied elements from New York Times puzzles, according to the blog .įiveThirtyEight writer Oliver Roeder said the plagiarism was uncovered by “a group of eagle-eyed puzzlers using digital tools.” A crossword publisher is looking for clues after allegations its longtime puzzle editor has been plagiarizing from The New York Times. Timothy Parker Out as Editor of USA Today/Gannett Crossword By Deb Amlen 9:13 am Comment SPECIAL POST Timothy Parker, the recent subject of a plagiarism investigation by. ![]()
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