I have three puzzle-related announcements, two of which are good but the other is sad. I’m going to start with the sad one.

I met Merl Reagle for the first time at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT ... More surprisingly, Jan. 5, 2025, would fall on a Sunday. If ever there were a good time to run a tribute ...

Captain Obvious is back for another adventure, this time on the ski slopes. 96A: [“___? That’s common at the bottom of the ...

I feel like I’m interacting with a friend each week. I’ve sometimes thought of crosswords as a little bit like having a conversation, with each clue serving as an opening line and the solver ...

There will still be an option to solve it online, but you’ll have to navigate it a bit differently than you would a typical crossword on this page here. I am excited about it, though ...

Cryptic crossword solvers are accustomed to seeking out words in clues that might signal an anagram. In cryptic circles these ...

It’s Oscar night, so it’s time for a movie crossword. Twelve answers are clued as though they are remakes of certain films. What makes them “remakes”? They’re anagrams of the movie title ...

Here’s another reminder for online solvers about how to complete today’s crossword properly, since this comes up not infrequently for this type of puzzle: (1) The Rebus button above the grid ...

Friend-of-the-show Patrick Blindauer recently announced that CNN has launched a daily crossword that he is running. Congrats, Patrick! He’s written the first several 13x13 puzzles himself ...