If you take the letters from the same numbered squares in the grid (circled in the solution above), you spell out the bonus ...

While I didn’t intend this to be as challenging as last month’s “Time Travel” meta, I’ll still give a series of hints before ...

Today’s puzzle may seem unusual right from the first glance. The grid has been stretched into a rectangular 19-by-23 shape, but more important, there’s a long row of black squares dividing it ...

The New York Times looks for intelligent, literate, entertaining and well-crafted crosswords that appeal ... What we could use more of: Thursday and Sunday puzzles that don’t involve a rebus.

After Aiden Clark was killed in a school bus accident in Springfield, Ohio, his death inspired conspiracy theories, campaign lies and anti-immigrant hate. Now his family is the latest target. By ...

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and I had to rely on too many deep-cut names and phrases for comfort — the inevitable result of frantically trying the year prior to start and finish a Sunday-size crossword in a few hours.

For fans of variety puzzles, friend-of-the-show Andrew Ries has created a suite of Section Eight puzzles called “S8” for your enjoyment. If you’re not familiar with Section Eight, it’s a ...