The Washington post newspaper's crossword puzzle had special meaning this weekend for one local couple.
The Washington Post newspaper's crossword puzzle had special meaning this weekend for one local couple. With the complicity of the daily broadsheet, Corey Newman, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, proposed to his live-in girlfriend, Marlowe Epstein, 31, through clues buried in a specially-crafted puzzle (see pic). The clue for 37 Across, for example, asked for the name of a role in the movie Shakespeare in Love.
The answeru00a0-- Marlowe. 39 Across asked for the name of a Casablanca screenwriter. The answeru00a0-- Epstein.
The clincher was 51 Across: "Words with a certain ring to them."u00a0 As soon as Epstein came up with the answer ufffd "Will you marry me"u00a0-- Newman got down on one knee, whipped out a diamond ring and repeated the question, the Post reported.
"Yes, of course!" Epstein said. "I was sort of blown away," she told the newspaper. "I was so impressed that he managed to pull that off!" For months Newman (28)had been trying to figure out how to propose to Epstein. "I wanted to do something unique," he said.
One day as he watched her sit immersed in a crossword puzzle -- as she so often isu00a0-- he had an idea. And with a little help from Bob Klahn, veteran crossword creator, Newman's plan became a black-and-white reality in Sunday's Washington Post Style section.
Did you know? Comedian and TV host Jon Stewart proposed to his future wife through a personalised crossword puzzle created with the help of Will Shortz, the crossword editor at The New York Times.
