6 Feet Down: Rhyming Crossword Puzzle Editor (13 letters, starts with ‘F’)

Frances Hansen, the fourth most prolific New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle writer, has died at the age of 85. A former teacher, Hansen decided that writing crosswords would be easier than solving them because she had all the answers. The New York Times initially disagreed, rejecting her first offering. After spending 8 months on a puzzle based on the Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking Glass, which featured many clues and answers written in reverse. Many of her puzzles were based on her original limericks and poetry, with clues being in perfect meter and rhyme and each consisting of exactly 21 lines. Her 83rd and final puzzle will appear in the Christmas edition of the Times Sunday magazine.