When I was twenty, I submitted a puzzle that [Will Shortz] rejected. He cited MALE GAZE among the entries he found unworthy of publication. I don’t doubt that a woman or a younger editor might have deemed that entry an asset as opposed to a demerit.
For The American Reader, Anna Schechtman writes about being a woman in the male-dominated world of crossword puzzles.
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