Frank Longo is an American puzzle creator and author of more than 90 books, which have sold more than 2 million copies. Longo is known for creating unusual

crossword A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of cl ...

s, such as one on a 50x50 grid, the ''Jumbo Puzzles'' compilation of 29x29 puzzles and is the creator and author of

The New York Times Spelling Bee ''The New York Times'' Spelling Bee, or simply the Spelling Bee, is a word game distributed in print and electronic format by ''The New York Times Games, The New York Times'' as part of ''The New York Times Games''. Created by Frank Longo, the ...

anagram puzzle. Longo is noted as an influence by several puzzle creators, including Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joanne Sullivan.

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