Gannett’s USA Today Drops Crossword Editor After Scandal

New York Times: A crossword puzzle editor who was investigated over accusations of plagiarism will no longer have his work appear in USA Today, the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, and a crossword puzzle vendor, Universal Uclick, said. The website FiveThirtyEight reported in March that more than 60 crossword puzzles by the editor, Timothy Parker, copied elements from puzzles in the New York Times.