PITTSFIELD — You could say Michelle Arnot has made her life in a series of boxes. Specifically, the boxes that hold weight in Arnot’s life are the kind you find arranged in a grid at the back of a ...

Crossword puzzles are now a staple of newspapers, but that wasn’t always the case. The first modern crossword, as we know it today, appeared in the New York World on 21 December 1913. Arthur Wynne, ...

Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?

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The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between ...

Hearst Newspapers acquired gaming platform Puzzmo last year, and it’s a place for thoughtful puzzles that’s reinventing the classic newspaper games page. A brainchild of award-winning game developers ...

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between ...

At the time, the crossword was little more than a decade old and it had only appeared in newspapers, namely the New York World, where the puzzle — initially known as a “Word-Cross” until a typesetting ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Newspaper section with stats and scores, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, enjoy ...

Over the past few weeks, hundreds of you have shared opinions about the daily crossword puzzle. A retirement of a crossword puzzle editor at the beginning of the year didn’t go unnoticed. The new ...

Sunday mornings have a particular significance for me: the New York Times crossword. The biggest puzzle of the week — it always has a tricky overarching theme, but, comfortingly, the clues aren’t ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: This may be under your pay grade. How do people handle the crossword puzzle on the e-paper? When the puzzle is ...