Answer help for Divide the Loot, featuring one of today's clues: Total beginner, from USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle creators.

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Answer help for Divide the Loot, featuring one of today's clues: Horn warning, from USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle creators.

The New York Times ran its first-ever crossword puzzle 84 years ago. Titled “Headlines and Footnotes,” the grid — 23 rows stacked neatly with a smattering of black boxes — boasted the bylines of Charles Erlenkotter,

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He normally likes to experiment in the crossword lab — half of his puzzles have run on Thursdays — but if this Friday offering says anything, it’s that you can take the constructor out of the Thursday,