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Puzzles for adults emerged around 1900, and by 1908 full-blown crazewas in progress in the United States. Contemporary writers depictedthe inexorable progression of the puzzle addict: from the skeptic who first ridiculed puzzles as silly and childish, to the perplexed puzzler who ignored meals while chanting just one more piece; to the bleary-eyed victor who finally put in the last piece in the wee hours of the morning.