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Who invented the crossword puzzle?

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Arthur Wynne invented the crossword puzzle

Crossword is a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.

Arthur Wynne (June 22, 1871 – January 14, 1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle.
First crossword puzzle published on December 21 1913, created by Arthur Wynne.
Q. Who created the Sudoku?
Howard GarnsThe modern Sudoku was most likely designed anonymously by Howard Garns, a 74-year-old retired architect and freelance puzzle constructor from Connersville, Indiana, and first published in 1979 by Dell Magazines as Number Place (the earliest known examples of modern Sudoku).
Arthur Wynne is usually credited with inventing the crossword. His first puzzle, called a word-cross, was published in December 1913 in the New York World.
The man who invented Sudoku: Howard Garns

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