It’s rare to have stacked crossword entries read as dialogue, unless you have conversations entirely in crosswordese. “Oboe.” ...
Ready to fill in some words and phrases that have never appeared in the New York Times Crossword before? Hemant Mehta, ...
The New York Times Crossword is typically a 15x15 grid, except for Sunday puzzles, which are usually 21x21. But on rare occasions, exceptions are made for especi ...
In today’s puzzle, each of these four squares is a rebus. In crosswords, a rebus often refers to a word or a group of letters ...
Rebecca Goldstein’s puzzle isn’t too tough to dig into. By Sam Corbin TUESDAY PUZZLE — In the half-dozen improv classes I took in my 20s, we practiced a technique called “A to C” word association. The ...
Excluding January, Mr. Kugelman has had a puzzle published in The Times every month of 2026 so far. This solid Thursday ...
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Kenneth Cortes does the crossword proud. MONDAY PUZZLE — Before I describe what’s special about today’s crossword, ...
The name of the game is homophones, solvers. In order to solve the split revealer at 56A/63A — [question hinted at by the ...
Whether used to explore aesthetics, provocation or memory, the black-and-white puzzle grid is anything but square.