How do you build a crossword? In this hour-long seminar, the puzzle constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub provide a hands-on guide, detailing how to curate word lists, use software to place the ...

Take, for example, the entry at 2D. I won’t spoil it, but when my brain reads a clue like [Predator in a pod], it instantly ...

Can you finish the New York Times Mini Crossword in under a minute? It's a fast blast of daily word-game fun. Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is ...

The answer to this hard crossword clue inspired a new principle for avid solvers, called “The Natick Principle,” so christened in honor of the answer, a small Beantown suburb. Michael Sharp, aka Rex ...

Originally launched as a bite-sized version of The New York Times classic daily crossword, The Mini quickly built a dedicated ...

Ginny Too spreads the good word. By Sam Corbin Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues TUESDAY PUZZLE — A theme doesn’t have to be complex or multilayered for it to be memorable. Thomas Van Geel’s ...