A strange little side quest
Between one round of Diseviled and the next, this is worth knowing: Arthur Wynne published a diamond-shaped 'Word-Cross' in the New York World on December 21, 1913; the name later shifted to 'Cross-Word' and then 'crossword'. It also connects to a different milestone: Boxing entered the modern Olympic Games in 1904 at St. Louis. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.