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"crossword" Definitions
  1. a game in which you have to fit words across and downwards into spaces with numbers in a square diagram. You find the words by solving clues.

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In 2017, he was also named one of the two crossword constructors of the year by the crossword blog Diary of a Crossword Fiend.
Daily Crossword Column Gary Cee treats us to a Monday crossword puzzle.
This crossword was born after I noticed something in crossword puzzle criticism.
He's a crossword mainstay and has been in the Crossword 413 times.
This is my first crossword in The New York Times, and in fact my first crossword accepted anywhere (though certainly not my first crossword submitted anywhere)!
If you are not familiar with crossword birds, brush up by visiting our Crossword Aviary.
There's a letter exchange between [crossword editor] Will Shortz and Margaret Farrar, the original crossword editor.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Um, I had this exact same idea for a crossword puzzle, Andrew Kingsley.
In other news, I was recently named editor of the Universal Crossword and Universal Sunday Crossword!
Daily Crossword Column Nate Cardin makes his New York Times Crossword debut in a very symbolic way.
And NENEs, the official goose of The New York Times Crossword, are featured in our crossword aviary.
The New York Times Crossword Challenge March 6, Adelaide Are you a New York Times crossword devotee?
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Greg Johnson brings us a crossword to finish, frame, and hang in our cubicles.
CROSSWORD The crossword puzzle on Page 66 of the Magazine this weekend omits the clue for 58 Down.
CROSSWORD The crossword puzzle on Page 66 of the Magazine this weekend omits the clue for 13 Down.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — A little mental calisthenics is good for us, and always integral to solving a cryptic crossword.
I use CrossFire on my Mac, Crossword Compiler on my PC, and Crossword Maker for Cruciverbalists on my iPhone.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN In which Ali Gascoigne makes his American-style crossword debut and leaves us a clue: "Wordplay columnist starts to unravel today's first-time appearance (5)" MONDAY PUZZLE — Not that you asked, but when I am not busy solving crossword puzzles for work, I like to solve crossword puzzles for fun.
The daily Mini Crossword Puzzle is available for free in The New York Times Crossword apps for Android and iOS.
Brush up on the nene and other birds that appear in The New York Times Crossword in our Crossword Aviary.
While I have solved an occasional crossword or two over the years, my interest in crossword puzzle was more meta.
While I have had bylines in the New York Times Crossword before, this crossword is also special in another way.
SPECIAL POST — There are many people who still believe that crossword puzzles are made by computers, even with the presence of Wordplay and other crossword blogs, even with the spread of indie crossword puzzle websites and apps.
" CROSSWORD The daily crossword puzzle on Friday provided an erroneous clue for 11-Down, seeking the answer "Kepler's contemporary and assistant.
Interesting historical crossword note: The entry ANANDA has been in The New York Times Crossword three times, albeit not since 1953.
For clueing, I use an unabridged dictionary, a crossword dictionary, a Scrabble dictionary, and the back of the crossword answer book.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb leave little to the imagination (except, of course, an entire Saturday crossword puzzle).
The crossword puzzle constructor Thomas van Geel makes his New York Times Crossword debut today, but that's not even the best part.
Wordplay SUNDAY PUZZLE — Sometimes you have to bring your solving superpowers to the crossword, and sometimes the crossword brings its superpowers to you.
Mr. Gross has placed a Sudoku grid in the center of his crossword that can be solved by filling in the crossword entries.
I had the pleasure of meeting the crossword constructor Claire Muscat at the annual Women Constructors' Breakfast at this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Ryan McCarty makes his New York Times Crossword debut today, and he seems to have gotten the hang of this themeless crossword-making thing.
I wasn't much of a crossword person growing up, preferring Scrabble, Boggle and pretty much anything in Games Magazine other than the crossword puzzles.
Will Shortz, who has been The New York Times's crossword puzzle editor since 1993, says that crossword ideas and elements are occasionally repeated by accident.
I was looking for crossword themes at the time so whenever some odd phrase popped into my head, I bounced it around for crossword angles.
I had done other crossword puzzles off and on throughout the years, but really got hooked on doing the daily New York Times crossword puzzles.
Like this piece he did on Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times whose apartment is completely littered in crossword paraphernalia.
Welcome to the 2018 New York Times Crossword Puzzle Contest, through which you can win a 2019 New York Times Day-to-Day crossword calendar.
This is the sixth in a series of 10 California-themed crossword puzzles, written by veteran Times crossword constructor and San Diego resident Bruce Haight.
If you'd like to combine a vacation with your crossword solving habit, join us on The Times Journeys' trans-Atlantic Crossword Cruise, December 7-15.
More than 500,000 customers pay up to $213 a year for stand-alone crossword subscriptions, and millions solve the crossword each month on the Times website.
There is a lot of emotion surrounding the entry, and the editorial philosophy is this: It appears in the crossword because the crossword is for everyone.
This is the fourth in a series of 10 California-themed crossword puzzles, written by the veteran Times crossword constructor and San Diego resident Bruce Haight.
California Today Today, we're launching a series of 10 California-themed crossword puzzles, written by the veteran Times crossword constructor and San Diego resident Bruce Haight.
The whole point of solving a crossword puzzle, unless you are competing in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, is to enjoy the wordplay and learn something.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Today's crossword is brought to us by the J.A.S.A. crossword class, run by the Jewish Association Serving the Aging in New York City.
My original idea for this crossword was to juxtapose opposites in the theme entries — such as the pair that ended up in the crossword, for instance.
This is the third in a series of 10 California-themed crossword puzzles, written by the veteran Times crossword constructor and San Diego resident Bruce Haight.
This is the eighth in a series of 10 California-themed crossword puzzles, written by the veteran Times crossword constructor and San Diego resident Bruce Haight.
The New York Times Take It Easy Crossword Puzzles: 75 Easy Puzzles I do a crossword puzzle pretty much every night to help me wind down.
Mr. Simpson had a single Saturday, American-style crossword in The New York Times in 2001, but readers may recognize him for his cryptic crossword contributions.
Even though he has been the crossword editor since 1993, to solvers, the largest change to the New York Times Crossword has been Will Shortz's tenure.
When it comes to crossword constructing — and getting published — puzzle makers sometimes aim to have at least one crossword published on each day of the week.
So people who practice crossword puzzles may get better at completing crossword puzzles, but they may not get better at remembering where they last put their wallets.
Today, we welcome a new constructor, Temple Brown, who is not only making his New York Times Crossword debut, but also his debut as a crossword creator.
If you like what you're solving, check out our daily Mini crossword puzzle, or take your puzzles on the go with The New York Times Crossword app.
If you like what you're solving, check out our daily Mini crossword puzzle, or take your puzzles on the go with the New York Times Crossword app.
Daily Crossword Column We might have gotten away with a nice, easy Saturday, if it weren't for Natan Last, Andy Kravis and that meddling J.A.S.A. Crossword Class.
When I first caught myself idly musing about theme and good fill ideas, I realized I had taken the step from crossword enthusiast to wannabe crossword constructor.
Mike Shenk, editor of The Wall Street Journal crossword, and his partners in Puzzability are holding an outdoor crossword tournament in New York City's Bryant Park on Sept.
How to Solve the New York Times Crossword Once you master a few basic strategies, you'll find that crossword puzzle-solving is not only possible, but highly addictive.
If you've never tried a cryptic crossword puzzle but you were able to solve today's grid, keep an open mind the next time a cryptic crossword comes up.
Perhaps the best known of these is the American Values Club Crossword (AVCX), a continuation of the A.V. Club Crossword that used to run in the satirical newspaper "The Onion" (full disclosure: I was a contributor to the A.V. Club Crossword back in the day), but there are many others.
Take a look back at these crossword puzzle moments in some of your favorite TV shows — and then try your hand at PEOPLE's own puzzle on Crossword with Friends.
Obviously there are digital puzzles, and many people use our crossword app — but there's a print-centric quality to certain kinds of puzzles, particularly doing the Sunday crossword puzzle.
The current editor of The Times solved The New York Times's crossword in London and Mr. Greer, Mr. Shortz and I solved their cryptic crossword here in the States.
And here is where the similarity to solving a cryptic crossword clue emerges: In a cryptic crossword, an anagram indicator is typically a word that describes mixing things up.
Daily Crossword Column We all _____ a _____*, Hal Moore.
Each day, the Times crossword app provides digital subscribers with a "Mini," a small puzzle usually solved in under a minute that serves as a sort of pre-crossword snack.
The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class, called "Get a Clue," has been running for approximately 49 years, and has been taught by a variety of crossword constructors whose names you would recognize.
In Part 3 of "How to Make a Crossword Puzzle," our constructors, Kevin Der and Paolo Pasco, tackle filling the crossword puzzle, perhaps the most detailed effort in the process.
Wordplay TUESDAY PUZZLE — To celebrate 75 years of The New York Times Crossword, The Times has been running a series of celebrity crossword collaborations between household names and prominent constructors.
In fact, it returns to The New York Times Crossword after a 57 year absence, back when newspapers could afford to put periods at the ends of their crossword clues.
Nowadays, with all the online crossword communities — there are at least four daily blogs about the New York Times crossword — aspiring puzzle makers can engage more easily with their peers.
When Will Shortz ran Brian Greer's American crossword debut in The New York Times in June, we learned that Mr. Greer, a former crossword editor for The Times of London, had succeeded in also having a cryptic crossword run on the same day, with the same Harry Potter-based theme, in The Times.
"I have known each of the Times crossword editors and I have enjoyed each of their individual styles, but I think that Will Shortz edits and publishes the most interesting ones," said Miriam Raphael of Rye, N.Y., a nonagenarian who is still competing at crossword tournaments like the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Other than Jade, the Extremely Spunky Border terrier, ASTA is the official dog of The New York Times Crossword (he's been in the crossword a total of 521 times since 1944).
Digital crossword editor Joel Fagliano and assistant crossword editor Sam Ezersky offer us a midweek puzzle with just enough of a mental tug-of-war to get us over the hump.
In "The Youngest Crossword Constructor in New York Times History," Will Shortz writes: Every week, as The New York Times crossword editor, I receive an average of 75 submissions, or more.
Today we welcome back Jonathan Schmalzbach, who was last seen in The New York Times Crossword in 1998, and we welcome Bill Albright, who makes his New York Times Crossword debut.
Just as a reminder, there are other software packages that constructors use to build crossword puzzles, like Crossword Compiler for Windows, but I use Crossfire because I work on a Mac.
On the specific side of things, Deb Amlen, a columnist and editor of Wordplay, the crossword column of The Times, has produced a handbook on solving The New York Times Crossword.
FRIDAY PUZZLE — You can solve a Friday crossword puzzle.
VARIETY PUZZLE — The cryptic crossword is Eurocentric and highbrow.
Mr. Shortz added the cruciverbal equivalent of Technicolor to the Crossword, and his philosophy that puzzles should reflect what's going on in the world makes the crossword more interesting, in my opinion.
Only a person, for example, can come up with an original crossword theme, only a person knows what an interesting crossword entry is and only a person can write an original clue.
This clue at 36D jumped out at me in the midst of solving David Phillips's Saturday crossword because it's so similar to the way we solve — or try to solve — crossword puzzles.
Bryant White has been a Times crossword constructor for many years, and as he says in his notes below, this is his first crossword published in The New York Times since the 1990s.
As assistant puzzles editor, my daily highlights include reviewing our crossword submissions and corresponding with the constructors, as well as editing clues for publication with the crossword editors Will Shortz and Joel Fagliano.
Christopher Adams, an independent crossword constructor with his own site, returns today with his second New York Times crossword, and I don't know about you, but I think he's trying to scare us.
BF helps me struggle with last night's crossword some more.
Solve Motherboard's weekly, internet-themed crossword puzzle: Solve the Internet .
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN John Guzzetta's puzzle peppers us with affection.
A good crossword puzzle is an art form of words.
Today, however, we can take inspiration from Lynn Lempel's crossword.
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Is there a generational divide between crossword solvers and makers?
Are we looking at our crossword through a funhouse mirror?
It's Friday and today's crossword puzzle is by Patrick Berry.
You will mostly see the word AGORA in crossword puzzles.
SATURDAY PUZZLE — Where do you start with a Saturday crossword?
About 60,000 subscribed to the company's cooking and crossword sections.
Solve Motherboard's weekly, internet-themed crossword puzzle: Solve the Internet .
Together, over waffles and sausage, we solved the crossword puzzle.
You never know what you'll learn by solving crossword puzzles.
I was also in a New York Times crossword puzzle.
Another part of a cryptic crossword "recipe" is the indicator.
Not everyone shares this enthusiasm for the Times crossword community.
It's been in The New York Times Crossword 354 times.
But it was the crossword puzzles she liked the best.
I would solve a Monday crossword by Mr. Wilber anytime.
WORDPLAY, THE CROSSWORD COLUMN Joel Fagliano knows how to listen.
You'll see Ms. Etta KETT appear occasionally in the Crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Ryan McCarty tries to make us tense.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Sam Trabucco gives us a weekend workout.
Not exercise, not diet, not even doing the Times crossword.
Traditionally, crossword construction has not been a very lucrative field.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Will Nediger's Saturday puzzle: It's a feeling.
SATURDAY PUZZLE — Last weekend was the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Welcome back to the weekends, Ned White!
It's great to have a crossword in The Times again.
And on Sunday morning, we solved the Times crossword together.
Look at you, solving The New York Times Crossword puzzle.
Lollapuzzoola, a crossword tournament in New York City, is Saturday.
Thank goodness for the crossword community and for good friends.
I continue to write a crossword for them each week.
Perhaps a little more crossword glue might've done the trick.
And if you're really ambitious, there's the full daily crossword.
It's interesting to see what happens behind the crossword curtain.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Well, look who's collaborating on crossword puzzles.
As such, she became the true parent of the crossword.
You can't think of your troubles while solving a crossword.
Thrilled to be making my New York Times Crossword debut.
Several beers later, something resembling a 13x13 cryptic crossword emerged.
Daily Crossword Column Sam Ezersky kicks off our solving weekend.
David Steinberg edits the daily, nationally syndicated Puzzle Society Crossword.
The Monday crossword, to me, is the Puzzle of Justice.
Mirror, mirror on the wall … and in our crossword puzzle.
I wrote my first five crossword books without any software.
What fun it is to have this crossword puzzle hobby.
And the largest crossword puzzle in New York Times history!
Welcome to the New York Times Crossword, Ms. Nwodim. 24D.
Personally, I'm O.K. with pretty much anything in a crossword.
No, the crossword police will not be angry at you.
So it is with solving crossword puzzles versus creating them.
I'd been doing The New York Times crossword for years.
Registration for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is now open.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Natan Last, let's go to the videotape.
For me, this crossword is special in other ways, too.
Commentary on the New York Times Crossword is nothing new.
It was also located in Emily Carrol's crossword on Jan.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN A Trenton Charlson Sunday puzzle, you say?
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Sam Trabucco, your puzzle has caffeinated me.
THURSDAY PUZZLE — Not all Thursday crossword puzzles are devilishly tricky.
"Any qualms I used to have over doing crossword puzzles have been replaced by the satisfaction of knowing that so many kids in my grade are now crossword enthusiasts like myself," Ms. Abbe said.
If you haven't read "Upstart Crossword Puzzle Builders Get Their Point Across (and Down)," now's your chance to do so—and try your hand at our crossword puzzle before consulting the answer key below.
Pit your nerdy, wordy skills against fellow attendees at Adelaide Writers Week in our live crossword tournament to win prizes, glory and eternal bragging rights as the inaugural AWW NYT crossword challenge champion. Free.
" ORC has appeared in the New York Times Crossword a total of 174 times, most recently in the Saturday, June 15, crossword by Ryan McCarty, where it was clued as "World of Warcraft creature.
Puzzle maker Rebecca Falcon, who has constructed for The Inkubator, the AVCX crossword, the Indie 500 tournament and more, recently posted a brilliant crossword on Twitter and I wanted to share it with you.
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Puns and Anagrams may look like your average crossword puzzle, but once you delve into the clues, you can see that some of them use a kind of cryptic crossword cluing.
If you would like to learn a bit about solving cryptic crossword clues, Mr. Greer will be joining me via Skype to discuss how to decipher them as we solve his cryptic crossword together.
There's a Catch-22 to becoming a good crossword solver: To be a good solver, you have to develop a certain skill set, but to develop that skill set, you have to solve crossword puzzles.
The breakfast was started by Amy Reynaldo of the Diary of a Crossword Fiend blog approximately five years ago, as a way to bring together members of one group that is underrepresented in crossword constructing.
But before Will Shortz became the crossword editor for The New York Times, pop culture, and everything we discuss next to the water cooler, was rarely seen in the Crossword, if it appeared at all.
Elayne Boosler: When The New York Times offered me a chance to collaborate on a crossword puzzle with a regular contributor to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its crossword puzzle, I was over the moon.
It's particularly fun to debut on the Sunday before Christmas, since my crossword creation habit began exactly a year ago when I decided to make a year-in-review crossword for our annual family letter!
Four of these theme entries had never appeared in a New York Times crossword and two had never appeared in any big-name crossword, but fortunately the XWord Info word list had all of them.
Matt is also the artificial intelligence expert behind Dr.Fill, the crossword solving computer that frequently — and to the endless frustration of us human solvers — finishes American Crossword Puzzle Tournament puzzles in 10 seconds or less.
His milestone 50th crossword for The New York Times, in spring 2017, was a celebrity collaboration with the pianist Emanuel Ax. He has been the crossword editor for The Chronicle of Higher Education since 2014.
Mr. Shortz came to The Times from Games magazine, and older solvers familiar with the Crossword before Mr. Shortz was editor recognize that his contribution of pop culture and vernacular made the Crossword more interesting.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — I'll let you in on a little secret: Crossword puzzles that are accepted for publication are not necessarily published in the order in which they get the "Crossword — Yes!" email from our editors.
There's more in the section than just the giant crossword, right?
We eat at the communal coffee table and do the crossword.
Make things more convoluted by hiding it in a crossword puzzle.
Anyway, Weird Al co-authored today's New York Times crossword puzzle.
It even includes a mini-crossword puzzle for its younger readers.
The rest came from subscriptions to the Crossword and Cooking products.
This is a pretty common crossword misdirection and is worth remembering.
Related: "USA Today Cuts Ties With Crossword Editor After Plagiarism Scandal"
I'm talking about Timothy Polin, the constructor of today's crossword puzzle.
If you solve enough crossword puzzles, you get better at them.
" She said, "The New York Times Crossword—that's my favorite app.
Thank you for solving my first themeless New York Times crossword.
Thanks for turning me on to the joys of crossword solving.
Look at you, solving a Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle!
This Sunday is the 20th anniversary of my first published crossword.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — What, in your opinion, constitutes "fair" in a crossword?
He would be puzzling over 40-across on the Sunday crossword.
The New York Times was decades late to the crossword craze.
This is my last crossword, at least for quite a while.
You don't have to be a scientist to do the crossword.
Daily Crossword Column Jonathan M. Kaye talks to us in code.
Daily Crossword Column Sam Trabucco sends us down for the count.
You can learn more about the NENE in our Crossword Aviary.
It has appeared 63 times in The New York Times Crossword.
Should it be a crossword or some sort of variety puzzle?
It also makes its debut in the New York Times Crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Sophia Maymudes comes in to make her debut.
I met Derek Bowman at the 2018 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Maybe I'll construct a crossword where you can smell the answer.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Joe Deeney's puzzle is a barrel of fun.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Howard Barkin rolls through with an exotic puzzle.
For this puzzle, I wanted to try a more freestyle crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Ruth Bloomfield Margolin's puzzle dispenses with the hype.
TUESDAY PUZZLE — Sometimes the New York Times Crossword surprises even me.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Damon Gulczynski presents a classically styled Friday puzzle.
He would be puzzling over 40-across on the Sunday crossword.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Everyone can have a bad day, even crossword constructors.
And how solving the crossword was not simply about knowing words.
Crossword puzzles are games, and games are meant to be fun.
Look at you, solving a Friday New York Times crossword puzzle!
This is Mr. Peterson's 13st crossword for The New York Times.
Important crossword solving rule: always rely on the kindness of strangers.
It is my debut solo crossword for The New York Times.
And that only makes the crossword of our life more meaningful.
Let's hoist one to Mr. Stulberg for a fun Monday crossword.
It has appeared in the New York Times Crossword 20 times.
MONDAY PUZZLE — A crossword that celebrates a holiday is nothing new.
It was terrible and it still sits in my crossword folder.
The crossword class has drawn a devoted crowd since it began.
Today's crossword constructing software and online databases definitely eases the task.
I also want to recognize the contribution of the crossword community.
A folded New York Times crossword lay unfulfilled on the bed.
Wordplay TUESDAY PUZZLE — Crossword puzzles aren't well known for evoking emotions.
NIOBE has appeared in The New York Times Crossword 139 times.
Oh, I can make a crossword grid that will fill well.
They added a crossword puzzle and Sudoku to both papers, too.
GUANO has appeared in the New York Times Crossword 14 times.
P.S.• Here's our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Domain (five letters).
This puzzle felt harder to me than the average Monday crossword.
Here, have some crossword floss; it's made from leftover grid lines.
" It recently occurred to me, "What great fodder for a crossword!
I'm excited to have my second published New York Times crossword.
But the term TOO REAL appears to be a crossword debut!
Here's our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Rain heavily (4 letters).
Another surprisingly rarely used word in the crossword, by the way.
Long may it live, and in more than just the crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andy Kravis's puzzle is so sweet, it's fattening.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrew Zhou whips up a zesty Saturday puzzle.
In July, you told some crossword puzzle jokes for T Magazine.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Sam Ezersky wants YOU to do this puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Randolph Ross is here to make us work.
Also, PAPER TOSS makes its New York Times Crossword debut today.
The crossword is a reflection of the world as it is.
Years later, crossword clues on computer terminology left my mother baffled.
Strangely, I started making crossword puzzles before I started solving them.
Let's talk about quantity of theme material in a crossword puzzle.
It's nice to have a visual element in the crossword again.
Wordplay, the daily crossword column, has attracted a small, tightknit community.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Adam Fromm's puzzle does a number on us.
Madison: There's a quote—I think from [legendary crossword editor] Will Shortz—that people enjoy a crossword because it's a different way of using all the vocabulary and knowledge that's in the rest of the newspaper.
A crossword puzzle editor who was investigated over accusations of plagiarism will no longer have his work appear in USA Today, the newspaper's parent company, Gannett, and a crossword puzzle vendor, Universal Uclick, said on Tuesday.
Wordplay, the crossword column, pulled back the curtain recently in a series of articles in which four successive pairs of Times constructors collaborated on a sample crossword puzzle — focusing on theme, grid design, fill and clues.
It is the Woodstock of crossword puzzle tournaments, where you can meet and chat with your favorite constructors, compete against the speed-solving champs or just observe and buy crossword-related swag at the Saturday market.
In other news, we have the latest in crossword-forward fashion trends, straight from Boston, MA. Have you ever thought that you would love to attend the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, but have nothing to wear?
"It's an increasingly polarized world we live in, but the New York Times crossword community has been consistently kind and supportive in a big way," Bruce Haight, a crossword puzzle constructor, commented on a Wordplay column.
In today's New York Times Crossword debut by Mark McClain, there are black bars in our clues (in print, that is; the online crossword has a string of number signs) that follow a letter of the alphabet.
Our inaugural spotlight is on the very prolific and innovative constructor Patrick Berry, whose "Constructor's Handbook" (formerly known as "Crossword Puzzle Challenges for Dummies") is an indispensable tool for learning the art of crossword puzzle making. 1.
He proposed—this is terrible—but he proposed in a crossword. Weird.
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the crossword — which began on Feb.
Re-up my bed again for tonight ($1.443) and do a crossword.
Ah, the memories an entry in a crossword puzzle can bring up.
And why, exactly, is it good to push past the Monday crossword?
That's reassuring to those of us in the crossword puzzle-making business.
They fail to understand the purpose of crossword puzzles in my life.
My new game is the New York Times daily crossword puzzle, friends.
Writers and journalists talk about their crossword wins and frustrations on Twitter.
D. opens the crossword app on his phone, and we work together.
Here's the front page of our Sunday paper, and our crossword puzzles.
Caleb Madison: There are a lot of non- New York Times crossword.
Designer Étienne Giroux likens it to The New York Times crossword puzzle.
If you look carefully, you'll find plenty of them in today's crossword.
And that is why I failed to solve today's crossword puzzle, Officer.
In particular, I tend to be really good at recognizing crossword themes.
Including crossword product subscriptions, it has about 3603 million digital-only subscribers.
Ron did The New York Times crossword puzzle religiously — always in ink.
This afternoon we stayed in the living room doing the crossword puzzle.
DEB AMLEN: We're making great progress on our team-built crossword puzzle.
And, it's important to remember your audience when you're filling a crossword.
The solver will care if a crossword is filled with unnecessary obscurities.
Recently, he became a regular contributor to the American Values Club Crossword.
Daily Crossword COlumn Solve this Patrick Merrell puzzle on a big screen.
"Binge-watch" made its New York Times Crossword debut in the Feb.
This is a nice, fresh (to the Times Crossword) clue for HARE.
My first published crossword puzzle was "Inflation," a collaboration with Jeff Chen.
TARO has more than 330 appearances in The New York Times Crossword.
Daily Crossword Column Sande Milton and Jeff Chen make a puzzle together.
Six crossword puzzles of varying sizes and difficulties were completed on Saturday.
DE NOVO has appeared in The New York Times Crossword seven times.
But after you finish a cryptic crossword, you might feel like one.
We start each day with the crossword and end it playing cards.
They sit on park benchesreading the newspaper and working the crossword puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN In Victor Barocas's puzzle, some entries by virtue fall.
Wordplay, the Crossword Column Emily Carroll's puzzle always lands on its feet.
Not spoiling the answers to a crossword puzzle is easy in comparison.
IAGO has nearly 400 total appearances in The New York Times Crossword.
I love pushing the envelope with the parameters of the crossword puzzles.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrew J. Ries gets down with this Saturday puzzle.
Visually integrate the crossword puzzle clues to create a cohesive composition. 5.
If you can't finish the crossword, it feels like a personal failure.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Evan Kalish is back, and he's gotten very ambitious.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Mark Diehl's puzzle is totally out of this world.
Most of us, however, really see the word only in crossword puzzles.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Mateys, Paolo Pasco's puzzle sends us under the sea.
Crossword puzzles gave us a quiet space for bonding, a shared contentment.
This, of course, was complete malarkey (how about a nice crossword puzzle?).
Daily Crossword Column Sam Donaldson and Tracy Gray set the game afoot.
This is his 29th New York Times crossword and his eighth Monday.
I'm delighted to have this crossword appear in The New York Times.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Whatever you're about to say, Patrick Merrell, I disagree.
Daily Crossword Column Xan Vongsathorn makes an appearance after a long hiatus.
For me, coming up with a crossword theme is a systematic exercise.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Don't try to slip through Randolph Ross's toothsome puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Raise the roof, friends, for this David Steinberg puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Tom McCoy closes out the summer with some icons.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Perhaps your inner child can conquer David Steinberg's puzzle.
Today is Will Shortz's 25th anniversary as New York Times crossword editor.
As a 69-word regular crossword, this could work as a daily.
Daily Crossword Column Emily Carroll is really a nice person, I promise.
How to Solve The New York Times Crossword: Exercise your brain, too!
Last Tuesday marked IONA's 325th appearance in The New York Times Crossword.
Sometimes the enjoyment of solving a crossword extends beyond the puzzle itself.
This crossword by Erik Agard is everything a Tuesday puzzle should be.
It also makes its New York Times Crossword debut in this puzzle.
It's one of the miracles of the human brain in crossword construction.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Once in a while, crossword grids talk to me.
Wordplay, the CROSSWORD COLUMN Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen take us back.
The movie "LOVE SIMON" makes its New York Times Crossword debut. 19A.
It's a joy to be making my New York Times crossword debut.
You've nearly got an entire stack completed in a Saturday crossword puzzle.
Something is wrong with my husband — he just finished a crossword puzzle.
But, the New York Times Crossword app changed all that for me.
This makes Daniel the youngest New York Times crossword constructor in history.
It has appeared in The Times Crossword a total of 139 times.
Here's the front page of our Sunday paper and our crossword puzzles.
I appreciate his efforts to include more underrepresented groups as crossword constructors.
Wordplay THURSDAY PUZZLE — What crossword convention is most likely to frustrate you?
I have been doing crossword puzzles since I was 10 years old.
He wrote about the world of crossword puzzle constructors in issue 27.09.
P.S.• Here's today's Mini Crossword, and a clue: Male deer (four letters).
Note: For today's special puzzle, the usual crossword paywall has been lifted.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Alex Eaton-Salners whirls in with a devilish puzzle.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Today's puzzle is the debut crossword of Brian Cox.
The epitome of hair metal was probably the crossword fave, Mötley Crüe.
A newspaper crossword puzzle is no place for that sort of thing.
WORDPLAY, the CROSSWORD COLUMN Sam Trabucco's puzzle toys with us a little.
You'll find two kinds of letter-based rebus elements in a crossword.
Type the word "crossword" into the box and hit your "return" button.
I'll bet you never imagined that crossword puzzles could be so social.
Fun fact: The EWER is the official container of the crossword puzzle.
Stay tuned for more updates from the 2017 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
If that had continued, crossword making and solving might have died out.
It hasn't been seen in the New York Times crossword since 1974.
The word has appeared in the New York Times Crossword 91 times.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Erik Agard brings us together by splitting us up.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Heads will be scratched while solving Jacob Stulberg's puzzle.
DEB AMLEN: The creation of our crossword puzzle is in the homestretch!
WEINTRAUB: Which brings us to another important point: Crossword editors change clues.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Ryan McCarty lets us indulge but makes us exercise.
This occasion was announced by Garson Hampfield, the well-respected crossword inker.
The classic bump-set-spike progression seemed ripe for a crossword theme.
Stay tuned for further coverage of the 2019 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
MONDAY PUZZLE — Let's say you've never picked up a crossword puzzle before.
Also of note: This is Mr. Chen's 80th New York Times Crossword.
Neither have I, but it was in the crossword 40 years ago.
WORDPLAY, THE CROSSWORD COLUMN Michael Blake and Jeff Chen one-up us.
I find the concision part fun, like doing a cryptic crossword puzzle.
You can also solve past versions of the crossword in our archive.
Mr. Last's crossword is exactly what a Friday crossword should be, filled with exciting, fresh entries that spark your imagination and challenge you to revel in words and phrases that you might be seeing for the first time.
Each celebrity expressed surprise at how difficult it was to create a New York Times-worthy crossword, but they all had this in common: they stuck with it and they are now published New York Times Crossword constructors.
The Crossword editor, Will Shortz, has said that he does not subscribe to the idea of a Breakfast Test, although the word VOMIT has never graced the grids of a New York Times crossword, and for good reason.
Even if you have never tried a crossword puzzle before, take a look at this Times crossword puzzle primer for beginners, and see how far you get with one of the mini-puzzles designed especially for new solvers.
Even though all crossword puzzles pretty much look the same, each constructor has his or her own style, and starting a crossword puzzle without reading the byline is like randomly buying music without looking to see who made it.
Ms. Farrar was known for modernizing the rules of crossword construction, including banishing two-letter words, but it seems as if this particular rule was not set until the New York Times Crossword became a daily feature in 1950.
It was a pleasure to collaborate again with this "Jeopardy!" champ, crossword wunderkind and major force behind the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory (which you should totally hit up if you're an aspiring puzzle maker who's underrepresented in any way).
Michael Schlossberg makes his New York Times Crossword debut with this puzzle. 38A.
And crossword puzzles stopped the worry by keeping my brain and hands moving.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Some of us complain about cross-referenced clues in crossword puzzles.
But for me, this crossword was all about adding science to that conversation.
Wouldn't you think they would have appeared at least once in this crossword?
But the crossword is the tweed-wearing grandpappy of passive time well spent.
We do the Sunday crossword, which is long and full of terrible puns.
By the numbers: The Times currently has more than 400,000 Crossword App subscriptions.
Crossword added 26,000 subscribers during the third quarter, for a total of 332,000.
The New York Times was on the table: the arts section, the crossword.
The result: my first New York Times crossword and a life goal achieved!
You get a Thursday crossword with a fresh theme that makes you smile.
We always did our crossword puzzles together in the hair-and-makeup room.
Wordplay, the CROSSWORD COLUMN Neil Padrick Wilson is back with a Saturday sparkler.
They're not the New York Times Crossword, but like I said, you'll adjust.
Or, if you're more interested in my crossword persona, feel free to email.
Sign up here: Morning Briefing | Evening Briefing • And what about the Mini Crossword?
Ms. Steinem knew Mr. Sondheim was a fiend for British-style crossword puzzles.
David Kwong, crossword constructor and prestidigitator extraordinaire, constructed this puzzle for the show.
SUNDAY PUZZLE — Creating crossword puzzles is not just a matter of crossing words.
Some crossword constructors are visionaries who enjoy incorporating visual elements into their grids.
You've conquered a New York Times crossword, and that's nothing to sneeze at.
I've discovered new hobbies like baking and crossword puzzles and riding my bike.
And here's the front page of our Sunday paper, and our crossword puzzles.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN David Liben-Nowell is back, with a forward-looking puzzle.
But in reality, the crossword is a recent invention, born out of desperation.
The commenters on The New York Times's crossword column, Wordplay, wanted to know.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN You'll love it when Olivia Mitra Framke takes center court.
Nene has been an entry in The Times's crossword 295 times since 1944.
While the answers are free to everyone, the crossword puzzles require a subscription.
So I decided to create a crossword puzzle — which finally put me STRAIGHT!
I started out with a $5 iPad app called Crossword Maker for Cruciverbalists.
While the answers are free to everyone, the Crossword puzzles require a subscription.
We just have to rifle through a few crossword entries to locate them.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Peter A. Collins, you are the fondant on our Saturday.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Don't be destroyed (or stonewashed) by this David Steinberg puzzle.
He is far more entertaining than any crossword puzzle could hope to be.
The 2010 crossword throws Gowery (John Larroquette) back to the summer of 1975.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrew J. Ries selflessly sends us home with a puzzle.
She's in college now, so doesn't have that much time for crossword construction.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — Today's puzzle by the master setter Richard Silvestri is truly challenging.
GENA has appeared more than 50 times in the New York Times Crossword.
It's also a phrase that is making its New York Times Crossword debut.
Mike Mussina poring over crossword puzzles, challenging his mind to pass the time.
At least we can still do crossword puzzles and hopefully you enjoyed mine.
Look below, under P.S., for links to "The Daily" and the mini crossword.
And if you're a crossword constructor who has something special, send it in.
VARIETY PUZZLE — It's been a while since we last solved a diagramless crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Kevin Adamick's puzzle is as wide open as the Nile.
And thanks to the extraordinary Frank Longo for the elegantly made crossword itself.
PAST: Three years ago today, my first New York Times crossword was published.
I've been making crossword puzzles since I was a freshman at Brown University.
They haven't appeared in The New York Times Crossword for almost 50 years.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Just try to resist the allure of Natan Last's puzzle.
Part of the process of making a great crossword is writing original clues.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl revive some wise advice.
But here's the front page of our Sunday paper, and our crossword puzzles.
ERIK: With crossword tournaments, it's really more about the people than the puzzles.
Daily Crossword Column The queen of Mondays, Lynn Lempel, opens our solving week.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Prepare to feel bedeviled and disheveled by Byron Walden's puzzle.
Now, the event is one of the largest annual gatherings of crossword enthusiasts.
Build on that and, before you know it, you'll have finished the crossword.
It was a 215x22018 cryptic crossword I co-constructed with a fellow student.
Oh, and do not put BOMB in a crossword for an airline publication.
I'm super excited to have a crossword published in The New York Times.
Look at it: It's like a "Hidden Figures" game for bad crossword fill.
Eating blueberries, doing crossword puzzles, exercising, having an active social life, staying trim?
He reads the comments on Wordplay, XWord Info, Crossword Fiend and Rex Parker.
All I know is, I've gained some nice crossword mileage out of them.
If that makes me the Marie Kondo of crossword puzzles, so be it.
"I want the New York Times crossword to be for everybody," he said.
My first one appeared in the January 1976 issue of Classic Crossword Puzzles.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andrew J. Ries brings us a high-toned Saturday puzzle.
A clock in his office is — well, its face is a crossword puzzle.
He is also the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
AVEC has appeared in over 200 puzzles in The New York Times Crossword.
At that point, it's easy to get worked up about the Friday crossword.
It has been in The New York Times's Crossword more than 500 times.
The singular OTTER POP has been in The New York Times Crossword twice.
Then Brendan's best friend Mark (also a crossword enthusiast) suggested the rebus angle.
A helicopter, you're doing your crossword for 30 minutes and you get off.
Read our guide on how to make a crossword while you're at it.
WORDPLAY, THE CROSSWORD COLUMN Timothy Polin winds us up with a Monday puzzle.
Last I checked, it hadn't yet appeared in The New York Times crossword.
Over dinner, we work more on the crossword, but can't quite finish it.
The term APSE has been in The New York Times Crossword 584 times.
I'll even use the in-flight magazine if the crossword hasn't been completed.
It's probably not surprising that the crossword stirred a passionate debate among readers.
It took eight more years for the crossword to become a daily feature.
Mr. Pedersen said they had also given him a couple of crossword puzzles.
Have you joined us for the biggest group crossword solve on Facebook yet?
The entry CRIT has appeared in the New York Times Crossword 25 times.
Inside was a copy of the presidential crossword puzzle Mr. Hughes had made.
After 10 seconds of silence, he pointed a pen at my crossword book.
Speak briefly SAY A FEW WORDS = EWW Crossword construction is a funny thing.
I immediately got my crossword A.I., Pencilton, to crowdsource reactions to that concept.
Mel Rosen, one of the longtime greats in crossword puzzles, died on Tuesday.
Good. This is the Wednesday crossword puzzle, so that's par for the course.
Daily Crossword Column David Woolf puts a premature end to his own puzzle.
Don't ever be intimidated by long strings of letters in a crossword puzzle!
Now here she is, making her crossword debut in The New York Times.
And they say that real life doesn't prepare you for solving crossword puzzles.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Richard Crowe just got here, and he's already pointing fingers.
PUZZLE MAKING Crossword constructors volunteer their time to help underrepresented populations get published.
There is an upside and a downside to solving crossword puzzles every day.
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Peter Gordon's diagramless crossword has legs (but no black boxes).
My parents and grandmother always did the crossword when I was growing up.
Times Insider The Times's little crossword puzzle started out as a big experiment.
WORDPLAY, THE CROSSWORD COLUMN Ryan McCarty has no fear of our terrifying future.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Will Nediger makes seeing both sides tougher than you think.
What made you decide to try your hand at making a crossword puzzle?
In one, octogenarians mingle with millennials over a shared love of crossword puzzles.
On its own, the theme is not political (the crossword editor Will Shortz says that the New York Times Crossword is apolitical), but it may be difficult for some solvers, myself included, to separate the theme idea from those circumstances.
Wordplay MONDAY PUZZLE — The crossword editor Will Shortz has called this period of time the "golden age of puzzles," which makes it especially funny to me that a crossword puzzle then goes ahead and declares six of its own ages.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — When we last saw Molly Young in 2015, she was making her New York Times crossword debut in a collaboration with David J. Kahn, who taught a crossword-making class in New York City that Ms. Young attended.
Sunday I love crossword puzzles and word and spelling games of any kind, but so does Peter, so we have an agreement: I get the crossword in the Sunday New York Times, but he gets the one in The Week.
One note for aspiring constructors who are under age 55 or not in the New York City area: If you would like to learn the art of crossword puzzle constructing, please join the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory group on Facebook.
This is a special collaboration between Mr. Mizrahi, the New York designer, and the veteran crossword constructor David J. Kahn to commemorate the 703th anniversary of The New York Times Crossword Today we get fashion design puns, and lots of them.
On a whim, I bought the cheapest book of New York Times crossword puzzles.
Thankfully, I had another of Her Majesty's pastimes to occupy myself with: a crossword.
The e-package features everything from professional resources to a queer-themed crossword puzzle.
I hope today's puzzle made for an entertaining start to your crossword-solving week.
An additional 113,000 or so pay for the Times' standalone Crossword and Cooking apps.
We are used to seeing theme entries in certain places in a crossword grid.
Insider Podcasts The Times's crossword editor, Will Shortz, has been puzzling readers since 1993.
SUNDAY PUZZLE — Today, Timothy Polin merges wacky definitions and sports in a crossword puzzle.
Time for bed at 229 after picking through some of the NYT Saturday crossword.
"Clue Puzzles," in which actual crossword clues are offered, are added to the mix.
THURSDAY PUZZLE — I have this theory that solving crossword puzzles is like mental yoga.
ORC has appeared in The New York Times Crossword a total of 213 times.
I'm lending the playoff boards and black squares from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
On the morning of the explosion, Ms. Casey was concentrating on a crossword puzzle.
Unless you put them in a crossword puzzle, where they can do no harm.
Did you really get Stephen Sondheim to write crossword puzzles for New York magazine?
Regular crossword constructors and editors aren't allowed to compete, but are welcome as officials.
Let's move on by listening to Merl talk about the crossword centennial: Your thoughts?
Today's New York Times crossword puzzle takes you one step closer to the villains.
Related Student Crossword | Endangered Species E.L.L. Practice | Protecting Elephants News Q's | Elephants in Trouble
Today, however, we have OP-ED COLUMNS running all through Jacob Stulberg's Monday crossword.
Today's puzzle by Scott Yut is his debut in The New York Times Crossword.
In each puzzle, the solver is misled by a well established crossword cluing convention.
Solver Stories For Maria Janelli, solving crossword puzzles made loss bearable and love possible.
We sat, leg-to-leg, my arm around his shoulders, doing the crossword puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Lewis Dean Hyatt is here to shred your Saturday solve average.
There are some obvious differences between a cryptic crossword and a Puns and Anagrams.
I know, he's come up before in crossword puzzles and I should know that.
" And that's O.K. As former the crossword editor Will Weng said, "It's your puzzle.
In the crossword world, low-hanging thematic fruit can be hard to come by.
I don't want to leave the impression that all that's left are crossword puzzles.
Because enjoying a crossword puzzle isn't just about mechanically filling in answers to clues.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Doug Peterson and Erik Agard conspire on a seriously fun puzzle.
Mr. Vigeland has the Sunday New York Times crossword, and is attending the A.C.P.T.
Oh, speaking of treachery and prestige, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is on, babies.
It makes a reappearance in the New York Times Crossword after nearly 68 years.
Three entertainers attempt to solve a crossword puzzle in front of a live audience.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Debbie Ellerin's puzzle comes with protagonists, antagonists, and maybe some agony.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — You might not have noticed, but crossword constructors enjoy playing with words.
My feeling is that the crossword should reflect everything in life, positive and negative.
If you're thinking about submitting a puzzle, check out our crossword puzzle submission guidelines.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Zhouqin Burnikel sets a heartbreakingly high bar for 2019 Sunday puzzles.
This puzzle is a good example of my evolving tastes in a freestyle crossword.
It's a classic piece of crossword filler and you will be seeing it again.
Mos Def has been an entry before, but this is Mr. Kweli's crossword debut.
While most crossword solvers were stumped by the entry BOFFO in the Monday, Nov.
Great Neck, N.Y. First crossword was in the January 245 issue of Games. Sept.
Alan Southworth: Very excited to be making my New York Times Crossword debut today!
He could also do The New York Times crossword puzzle and converse with writers.
The phrase HARD ASS makes its debut in the New York Times Crossword today.
Crossword symmetry didn't make that perfectly possible, but I hope this layout came close.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Andy Kravis and Erik Agard take us on a wild ride.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Mark Diehl wears more than one hat in this Saturday puzzle.
SHORTZ: I think of the Times crossword as being like a three-ring circus.
The Friday crossword in The Wall Street Journal is always a meta-theme contest.
It has appeared in The New York Times Crossword a total of 139 times.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Jeff Chen offers us a puzzle with a lot of personality.
Daily Crossword Column Joel Fagliano's puzzle needs us all to speak up, please. Enunciate.
Back in the 1980s, at a U.S. Open Crossword Championship, he debuted this innovation.
Cluing an audio crossword turned out to be not unlike cluing a regular one.
Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor for The Times, designed his at Indiana — enigmatology.
SUNDAY CROSSWORD COLUMN Joon Pahk's Sunday puzzle speaks softly and carries a big trick.
Read your morning New York Times, do the crossword puzzle and then move on.
Ms. Guizzo returns with a crossword grid that started its life as something different.
I sent the 15x15 to then-crossword editor Eugene Maleska in the summer 1990.
When you open CrossFire, the first thing you'll see is the "New crossword" box.
U.S.O. has appeared in The New York Times Crossword a total of 210 times.
The Sicilian Mount ETNA has appeared in the New York Times Crossword 742 times.
I grew up in Illinois with no awareness of the New York Times Crossword.
The process of designing a crossword puzzle is a futile exercise in utter frustration.
FRIDAY PUZZLE — No one solves a crossword puzzle the same way as anyone else.
Will Shortz, above right, has edited The New York Times's crossword puzzles since 1993.
She enters it into Crossword Compiler, fixes my mistakes and makes suggestions for improvements.
Just in The New York Times Crossword alone, the URAL has appeared 560 times.
Later, Paul studied a crossword puzzle as the prosecution deliberated on the Senate floor.
P.S.• Here's today's Mini Crossword puzzle, and a clue: Thick Japanese noodle (four letters).
TASTE GREAT This is a milestone puzzle for me — my 50th Sunday Times crossword.
She attended the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2011 to help present the awards.
Wordplay FRIDAY PUZZLE — Sometimes there are trade-offs to be made in crossword construction.
ONAGER has appeared in The New York Times Crossword a total of 69 times.
There are no guarantees in life, and that extends, of course, to crossword puzzles.
Ms. LAKSHMI has been in the Crossword before, but just her first or surname.
I have only seen YAWL once before in a crossword, about five years ago.
I thought combining knock-knock jokes with a crossword would make an interesting hybrid.
Jacob Stulberg returns today to make this joke come to life in our crossword.
But now, with crossword puzzles, there was an opportunity for us to work together.
MONDAY PUZZLE — Life is black and white only in the world of crossword puzzles.
The majority were new subscribers, but that number also included cooking and crossword subscriptions.
SPORCLE is a wonderful website that makes its New York Times Crossword debut today.
Stay tuned as the 2017 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament comes to its exciting conclusion.
Congrats on your debut, Jesse, and happy birthday to The New York Times Crossword!
If you would like to see the completed Mega crossword puzzle, please click here.
Eastern to crush that day's crossword live on The New York Times's Facebook page.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Ryan McCarty hypnotizes us with an elegant whirligig of a puzzle.
Today we welcome Ali Gascoigne, who is making his New York Times Crossword debut.
The first three theme entries all make their New York Times Crossword debuts today.
I dedicate this crossword to my father, who celebrates his birthday on July 3.
The origin of this theme probably duplicates the thought processes of many crossword constructors.
If you are on Facebook, I highly recommend joining the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory.
Nowadays, we like to think of our crossword puzzle as the form's gold standard.
I'm so honored to be counted among the other constructors of the NYT crossword.
The crossword editor at the time, Margaret Farrar, followed a simple rule: good manners.
"The rise of crossword blogs has made me a more critical solver," she said.
My first published puzzle was a crossword in The New York Times on Oct.
It's exactly what you might want in a crossword that opens our solving week.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels demonstrate some tricky dance steps.
It's no wonder that crossword puzzle makers like to include him in their grids.
He most recently appeared in the Thursday, April 4, crossword puzzle by Lewis Rothlein.
You can learn more and give "The Hardest Crossword" a try on their website.
"There's no such thing as cheating," she said at a crossword event in 1996.
Take, for instance, the puzzle she provided for the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
This was one of my earlier attempts at crossword constructing (followed by approximately three or four dozen rejections before my next "yes"), and the feedback I received with each of my submissions has been crossword gold, helping to make me a better constructor.
Their fellow constructors, David Steinberg and Natan Last, pick up where Mr. Tausig and Mr. Vigeland left off to demonstrate the next step in making a crossword puzzle: setting the theme entries in a blank crossword grid and placing the black squares.
Wordplay SPECIAL POST — A heads-up about three cool things happening with The New York Times crossword next week: On Tuesday, the puzzle will be by the youngest Times crossword constructor ever — Daniel Larsen, who is 13 years, 4 months of age.
Crossword puzzles and exercise are just a few of the habits that improve memory best.
If you "The Wall Street Journal" today, there's a fantastic ad, including a crossword puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Step right up and take a crack at Sam Trabucco's Saturday puzzle.
He wraps up work and we do the Wednesday New York Times crossword in bed.
VARIETY PUZZLE — You need a different kind of a mindset to decipher cryptic crossword clues.
It's also an excellent peek at how a crossword constructor sees words, names and phrases.
GO AT A SNAILS PACE is also new to The New York Times crossword database.
That means being reduced to a flight magazine that someone already did the crossword in.
Check out some of our puzzles; one that I co-wrote is even a crossword!
I'm talking, of course, about whether crossword puzzles should be able to display diacritical marks.
He brought me into the fold of a semi-not-so-secret Hollywood crossword cabal.
SATURDAY PUZZLE — Once in a while, I think I'm getting this cool guy crossword game.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN You'll need to use your noggin to conquer Evan Kalish's Monday puzzle.
Many people still believe that the crossword somehow magically appears in the newspaper every day.
Consider this official permission to not know things and to learn them from crossword puzzles.
These Tolkien creatures have appeared in the New York Times crossword 79 times so far.
In the world of crossword enthusiasts, a new puzzle presents a fresh challenge each day.
That happened to me so many times with dentist-cum-crossword-constructor Mark Diehl's puzzle.
When I first started constructing this crossword, I did not have this goal in mind.
Sunday crossword column What is the trick that makes today's Erik Agard puzzle so charming?
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Kevin G. Der comes at us with a screaming tough Saturday puzzle.
Want to familiarize yourself with more of the birds of the New York Times Crossword?
While I'm cooking, Gloria is working her way through The New York Times Sunday crossword.
Ideally, it should seem like you purposely chose every word to be in your crossword.
Watch as three entertainers attempt to solve crossword puzzles in front of a live audience.
Daily Crossword Column Will Nediger's puzzle breaks it down for us, in a funny way.
Daily Crossword Column No animals were harmed in the making of this Ross Trudeau puzzle.
Now the event is the largest annual gathering of crossword lovers in the United States.
Now, Wordplay features profiles of puzzle makers and tips to help readers solve the crossword.
Thus began an obsession with crossword-style grids that has lasted 17 years and counting.
Last summer I was on the constructing team for Boswords, a crossword tournament in Boston.
Read more about it in our solving guide and practice on a free mini crossword.
Wordplay The weekly feature of words and phrases in the crossword puzzles that flummoxed solvers.
ARE NOT and ONLAY were tiny snags for my solve, but both are crossword regulars.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Don't judge this Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen puzzle by its cover.
Every weekday we would run off copies of the Times Crossword for students to solve.
WORDPLAY, THE CROSSWORD COLUMN Prepare to be knocked around a bit by Joe Deeney's puzzle.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Seth A. Abel, you took the words right out of our mouths.
Seriously; it has been in the New York Times Crossword a total of 239 times.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN You might need sidekicks and a passport to solve Alan Arbesfeld's puzzle.
The crossword gods were cooperating when my revealer idea turned out to be 16 letters.
All crossword puzzles published in The Times have been accepted through our open submission process.
His creations invariably nod to someone or something important, and today's crossword is no different.
Did you know that Mr. Shortz, our crossword editor, is an avid Ping-Pong player?
We were astonished to be told she wasn't familiar enough for The Times's crossword audience.
With its blacked-out redacted passages, the report more closely resembles a reverse crossword puzzle.
I feel guilty enough, as I already devote so much time to the Sunday crossword.
I would consider that crossword glue, though, and probably wouldn't use it in a puzzle.
When the conversation turned to the New York Times Crossword, I knew I was in.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Peter A. Collins gets stranded on a desert island, but he's resourceful.
I asked crossword editor Will Shortz about the confusion that arises from clues like these.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard would like you to take a letter.
AGLIO E OLIO is a delicious sauce and looks absolutely bonkers in a crossword grid.
The entry has not been in The New York Times Crossword for almost 60 years.
"I'm now editing a daily 153x15 crossword for [the syndicator] Andrews-McMeel/Universal," he reported.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Hal Moore's first Wednesday offering solves a bit like a themeless crossword.
Alex Eaton-Sainers has constructed a crossword where the across entries are in alphabetical order.
It's an audio crossword, the first of its kind to be published in The Times.
After you've finished listening to the magazine this weekend, give the audio crossword a try.
Words to Know Stumped by those highbrow literary references in The New York Times Crossword?
Nowadays, I have a friend who is always flying across the country to crossword competitions.
We in the cruciverbal industry have long known that crossword puzzles do make us smarter.
Your full name has not been seen in The New York Times Crossword since 1959.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN You'll need yours about you to tackle this Andrew J. Ries construction.
Daily Crossword Column Natan Last says we can do this puzzle, then take a nap.
And then it runs in The New York Times Crossword and gets us all fired.
It doesn't have as many bells and whistles as the Windows-only Crossword Compiler, though.
A third, brand-new option is Keiran King's free, web-based crossword construction program, Phil.
Wordplay SATURDAY CROSSWORD — A themeless puzzle has fewer and longer words than a themed one.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — What is going on in the field of crossword construction these days?
One of the most important steps in crossword construction is coming up with great clues.
MONDAY PUZZLE — Crossword constructors are experts at acknowledging holidays, people of note and important events.
Luckily, the Monday crossword is easy enough, and I finish it in about 2139.32 minutes.
I am told that most crossword builders use computers these days to make their puzzles.
The word COCKEREL makes a return to the New York Times Crossword after 26 years.
FRIDAY PUZZLE — I am a firm believer that everything benefits from seasoning, even crossword puzzles.
And the constructor Evan Kalish offers us a crossword puzzle that proves my point. 6D.
Hello solvers, this is my third published New York Times Crossword, and my first Monday.
I might have even had it before my first New York Times crossword was published.
So, if you're still panting over the Saturday crossword workout, give the Spiral a try.
My first New York Times crossword came out just two weeks after the BuzzFeed one.
Sande Milton: It's a real thrill to publish my first New York Times crossword puzzle.
I inevitably put in ALIA as "Listed 'others'" when I see it in a crossword.
And what a way to celebrate one's 250th contribution to The New York Times Crossword!
An earlier version of this article misstated President Bill Clinton's experience in creating crossword puzzles.
My mom has been solving The New York Times crossword for 60 or so years.
As simple an idea as it is, it's fresh for The New York Times Crossword.
Amanda Rafkin: What an absolute thrill to be making my New York Times Crossword debut!
Of course you did; the OREO is practically the official cookie of the crossword world.
This was during Eugene Maleska's tenure as crossword editor and I didn't get very far.
Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of The New York Times crossword, which began on Feb.
While yesterday's crossword and today's are both challenges, the solving experiences couldn't be more different.
It's always nice when crossword puzzle entries remind you of something meaningful in your life.
For a terrific break from the week of crossword puzzles, give Building Blocks a try.
More than half of participants also believed doing crossword puzzles could help stave off dementia.
" Crossword puzzles "I usually grab The New York Times, unless it's Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
Wordplay SPECIAL POST — If you can read and write, you can solve a crossword puzzle.
When was the last time you solved a crossword puzzle with more than 100,000 people?
Experienced solvers might notice that the grid (again) dispenses with the regular crossword rotational symmetry.
The phrase TOWER OF BABEL has been in the New York Times Crossword three times.
Periodic reminder: the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory is a resource for puzzlemakers from underrepresented groups.
My first published puzzle was a Monday New York Times crossword on March 28, 2011.
I might like the crossword puzzle more than I care about cigarettes, which is insane.
The crossword puzzle debuted two months later as a weekly feature in the Sunday magazine.
In crossword puzzles, ARCO may also be clued as the gasoline brand based in California.
"I keep expecting to see a crossword there," she said, as clear as a bell.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN David Steinberg roots around and comes up with a tough Saturday puzzle.
The opposite of "legato" would be "staccato," which is abbreviated in crossword puzzles as STAC.
The college has appeared in the New York Times Crossword a total of 81 times.
I also play the crossword more consistently since I always have my phone with me.
I was so happily surprised to get an email with a "Crossword — Yes" subject line.
Crossword editor Will Shortz appeared on the "Weird Work" podcast to talk about his job.
I am thrilled and humbled to have my first New York Times themeless crossword published!
Ms. Jacobson, whose husband accepted the award from Merl's widow Marie Haley because she could not attend, received the snow globe, which features Merl sitting in his usual attire, a black shirt and crossword tie, working on a crossword puzzle with books surrounding him.
He went on to edit the crossword for the A.V. Club, a sister publication of the satirical newspaper The Onion, and then, in 193, after the A.V. Club dropped its puzzle, raised money to revive what was called the American Values Club Crossword, aka AVCX.
For more ideas on how to translate a crossword puzzle into an artist book, students might turn to "How to Make a Crossword Puzzle: The Series," where Times Crosswords editors reveal how they come up with the themes, clues and designs for their puzzles.
DEB AMLEN: In Part 228 of "How to Make a Crossword Puzzle," the puzzle makers Ben Tausig and Finn Vigeland developed a theme for a crossword puzzle by bouncing ideas back and forth until a cohesive set that follows the rules of constructing came together.
I first thought about making crossword puzzles after I learned Will Shortz's story while looking through a University of Virginia alumni magazine in 2005 — how he got his law degree and then went on to become the editor of the New York Times Crossword.
Today we have a puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel which has nine debut entries (entries that have never before appeared in The New York Times Crossword) and three pre-Shortzian entries (those entries that last appeared before Will Shortz started as crossword editor in 1993).
Must ... commit ... to memory ... ■ 24D: Question to crossword constructors over the age of 40: How is FEEL ME making its debut in The New York Times Crossword today as slang for something else when we have had this inspiration for the last 47 years?
Our favorite report came from a runner-up, Eleanor Poppe, who wrote: The New York Times crossword has brought much joy to my family over the years and the "Super Mega Crossword" was the center of attention for much of our family Christmas gathering.
Last year, Will Nediger, a professional puzzle maker from London, Ontario, and Erik Agard, a constructor from Gaithersburg, Md., and the reigning champion of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, teamed up on Facebook to encourage these groups to learn the art of crossword puzzle construction.
Friends Friends has a number of crossword puzzle mentions — both relating to Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel.
I set the baby in his play gym while I eat and do the NYT crossword.
And after searching XWordInfo and Crossword Fiend, I came across this Peter Gordon puzzle from 2018.
Things don't get much better than that, unless the crossword is served up with a martini.
Soon the word "doggo" was appearing in books and crossword puzzles as a term for canines.
There's even a "fun and games" section with a 15-clue crossword and a geography quiz.
Clinton's love for the crossword was even featured in the 2006 documentary "Wordplay" about puzzle enthusiasts.
Roeder wrote that "themes" are the longer answers in a crossword grid that make it unique.
I really appreciate this fantastic 22nd birthday present from the New York Times Crossword editing team!
My idea of flirty banter is sending someone the clue to a crossword I can't solve.
You don't see "IS THE [POP]E CATHOLIC?" in the New York Times Crossword every day.
This month it launched a new game, Letter Boxed, to keep its 400,000 crossword subscribers hooked.
Constructing crossword puzzles is an art form performed by massively talented, creative, word-loving human beings.
I recently started a crossword blog called Grid Therapy, where I offer puzzles free of charge.
This is a very nice crossword puzzle for a Tuesday and we really, really like you.
Also, the ACVX crossword moves to its new home on Slate Plus starting Wednesday, September 21.
Do you think you have what it takes to crush a Saturday New York Times crossword?
The revealer at 37A, GENDER FLUID, makes its debut in The New York Times Crossword today.
We had a lot of fun talking shop and tossing around crossword ideas on the spot!
This hit home for me today when I looked at Paolo Pasco's crossword under the microscope.
In his spare time, Henry liked doing crossword puzzles, and his knowledge of geography was decent.
VARIETY PUZZLE — Split Decisions puzzles are a great break after a week's worth of crossword puzzles.
"It became like a game, like a crossword," he explained to La Nouvelle Critique in 1973.
He really should have dropped the F. off his name if he wanted more crossword love.
Let's check in with Mr. Huget: This is my third crossword in The New York Times.
Follow along as they pick berries, chop logs, and complete crossword puzzles in the gallery, ahead.
The Times has 2.2 million total digital-only subscriptions, which includes subscriptions to its crossword puzzle.
Do you think YAS QUEEN will ever be an entry in The New York Times Crossword?
New York Times digital and home delivery subscribers get a 50 percent discount on Crossword subscriptions.
Conquering a crossword puzzle with a friend creates a sticky fiber that binds two people together.
Daily Crossword Column It's going to take some good, honest labor to solve Tom McCoy's puzzle.
Check out Sam Ezersky's Crossword Aviary, which is part of our "Words to Know" reference section.
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Today we have another Puns and Anagrams crossword (or "PandA") from Mel Taub.
And indeed, Will [Shortz, crossword editor] had me replace it — luckily, it was an easy fix.
Conversational phrases like "WAIT, WHAT?" or "DON'T ASK" are always fun to include in a crossword.
Amanda started solving crossword puzzles while waiting for lectures to start in college (many years ago).
The word TAU has appeared in The New York Times Crossword a total of 311 times.
CHOCO TACO as a crossword entry feels animated yet quirky, and that about sums me up.
Pen in one hand, folded newspaper in the other, he is working on a crossword puzzle.
In 1978, at age 25, Mr. Shortz founded the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament to connect puzzlers.
Let's give it a warm welcome back to The New York Times Crossword after 60 years.
Try our solving guide, which has a whole section on it and a practice mini crossword.
EMU is so prevalent in crossword puzzles that its clues include a wide range of facts.
Sometimes the crossword stars align, and we can give our solvers even more help than usual.
More than 670 people did just that this weekend at the 2018 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
As far as I know, he's still the youngest contributor to the New York Times Crossword.
ACROSTIC — Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon are our only touchstones in the world of crossword construction.
You're given two sets of clues, as in a regular crossword, and your entries similarly overlap.
Sure, it's a lot of work to solve cryptic crossword clues, but it's tons of fun.
Cox's and Mr. Rathvon's first crossword for The New York Times ran on March 22, 1998.
It's a beautiful example of a Monday crossword: smooth solving, fairly easy vocabulary and straightforward cluing.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Trenton Charles and David Steinberg bring us a puzzle with a rarefied atmosphere.
I hope this crossword puzzle makes up for all the sports I quit during elementary school.
I often ask Gabe to "beta-test" my crossword submissions and he's made many helpful suggestions.
They also poke fun at crossword convention, too, and that appealed to the subversive in me.
They also poke fun at crossword convention, too, and that appealed to the subversive in me.
MUNCHIES over GYM DAY might be the most autobiographical thing I've ever put into a crossword.
My habit became printing a crossword, putting it on a clipboard, and presenting it to her.
This one is from Mr. Ezersky's alma mater, for which he recently made a crossword puzzle.
Many of them appear in The New York Times Crossword, most recently in the Thursday, Feb.
The entry PEWEE has been in the New York Times Crossword a total of 40 times.
My family kept a more secular, but just as regular, tradition — the New York Times Crossword.
One thing led to another, and Mr. Nosowsky decided to give constructing crossword puzzles a try.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Let's pour a cup of tea and tease out this Robyn Weintraub puzzle.
When we talk about "shortening" in crossword puzzles, we're either talking about OLEO or an abbreviation.
Befitting a Monday crossword, the theme entries and most of the fill have fairly easy clues.
The entry ILYA has appeared in the New York Times Crossword a total of 42 times.
The other thing is that it has left-right symmetry, not the usual crossword rotational symmetry.
You have a great career in crossword construction in your future if you pull it off.
Will Shortz, our crossword editor and the chairman of the World Puzzle Federation, reports from Beijing.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Ryan McCarty brings us a puzzle tailor-made for the current political environment.
The word is cute, a little outlier planetoid beyond "Zooey" and "Zoe" in the crossword galaxy.
Sometimes you look at a phrase and a fully-formed crossword idea jumps out at you.
That's a record, and only Margaret Farrar, the first crossword editor, edited nearly as many (7,085).
She does the crossword puzzle every morning and always has a jigsaw puzzle going at home.
Here's an image of Tuesday's front page, and links to our Opinion content and crossword puzzles.
Daily Crossword Column Andrew Zhou's puzzle evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.
This is the sixth time the emphatic phrase has appeared in The New York Times Crossword.
For example, Crossword Compiler has much more user-friendly environments for searching and editing word lists.
Words to Know A look at one of the entries that stumped crossword solvers last week.
Wordplay SUNDAY PUZZLE — This is the second crossword in The New York Times from Mark MacLachlan.
Maybe what they are really afraid of is failing at solving crossword puzzles, whatever that means.
This entry has appeared only once in the Crossword, and that was nearly 60 years ago.
COMING, a very common word, has not been in a New York Times Crossword since 1956.
I complete a crossword puzzle, eat some chips and carrots, and do homework for a little.
I stay at home for a bit to chill and do another crossword (I am obsessed).
I turn on another episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and do another crossword puzzle (surprise surprise).
My earliest crossword experiences were helping her with Maleska-era puzzles in The New York Times.
MONDAY PUZZLE — A nice, smooth, easy-to-complete crossword puzzle, that's what we need on Mondays.
I wanted to try to bring new life to a familiar crossword gimmick with this puzzle.
We see circles in crossword grids every so often to highlight hidden words or letter patterns.
Wordplay MONDAY PUZZLE — Of all the clues in all the crossword puzzles, I have a favorite.
Sure, there's Sudoku and crossword puzzles, but reading is a great way to stay mentally fit.
This is only the second time the game has appeared in the New York Times Crossword.
It might seem like that philosophy stretches beyond the scope of crossword solving, and it does.
Projected on the wall behind him was a sparsely populated crossword puzzle, slowly being pieced together.
People second-guess themselves about all manner of things, including whether they know a crossword entry.
I'd also like to put in a plug for the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory on Facebook.
Ms. Klobuchar had perhaps our favorite bad habit: "The New York Times crossword puzzle," she said.
We do one of the largest group crossword solves every Thursday at approximately 1:00 p.m.
But we only have five squares, and we've already been told that it's a vowelless crossword.
That one was swen to me, and seems also to be wen to The Times crossword.
For a few hours, we chatted and read and did the Times crossword puzzle and snacked.
You didn't know you could get a promotion just by solving a crossword puzzle, did you?
Wordplay welcomes it back to The New York Times Crossword after a hiatus of 44 years.
This figures into every crossword we solve and is a skill that we develop and refine.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN It's going to take a steady hand to solve Nathan's Last Sunday puzzle!
This revealer appears as an entry in The New York Times crossword for the first time.
When I was president, I worked no telling how many hundreds and hundreds of crossword puzzles.
Including subscriptions for its crossword product, The Times has more than 214 million digital-only subscriptions.
Wordplay MONDAY PUZZLE — Crossword constructors are creative people and, as a group, can be very sensitive.
This is my first published crossword so I'm a bit out of my mind with excitement.
He wrote clues for a puzzle in 2007; the Friday puzzle was not his first crossword.
Amanda's and Joon's crossword — and story — were so good, I wanted to share it with you.
Anagrams are tough for me, so this felt a bit harder than an average Tuesday crossword.
We rarely solve a Thursday crossword and unfortunately I don't think today will be an exception.
I think idiomatic expressions make good crossword entries, especially those uttered in private or unguarded moments.
Matt Gaffney runs a weekly crossword contest for those who love meta puzzles within their puzzles.
At some point, my father wrote a simple crossword-making program that let you enter words.
So we'll tootle around on the inlet, and he'll fish, and I'll do the crossword puzzle.
But the crossword is somewhere between work and play; it gives you a feeling of accomplishment.
Which, if you're still following, technically makes this a Split-Decisions-like, quadruple rebus crossword puzzle.
I know that Mr. Nosowsky's puzzles and playful themes inspired my own entry into crossword construction.
In this crossword, eight of the clues are New Yorker cartoons; the answers are their captions.
They break the fundamental crossword convention that all words should be at least three letters long.
Today's crossword originated with a study of rebus setups involving word fragments in some relative position.
Book Review _____ Solving crossword puzzles is like mental yoga — challenging and relaxing at the same time.
Hey, it turns out that the mankini has appeared once in The New York Times Crossword.
Now, she gets to add "crossword constructor" to her résumé, and what a debut she has!
TET has appeared in The New York Times Crossword 23 times, and it is worth knowing.
The crossword puzzle debuted some two months later as a weekly feature in the Sunday magazine.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Solvers, don't let David Kwong's nefariously brilliant puzzle drive a wedge between us.
This is the second crossword I've gotten published, and the first in The New York Times.
What, in your opinion, have been the greatest changes to New York Times Crossword and Games?
However, I only succeeded with some of them: CAPITALISTIC won't exactly set the crossword world afire.
Please welcome Nancy Stark, who is making her crossword debut in a collaboration with Will Nediger.
Then I saw the documentary "Wordplay," and realized there was this whole crossword community out there.
I'd love to see the New York Times Crossword get a little blacker, gayer, more female.
Square windows of various sizes puncture the walls like the black spaces in a crossword puzzle.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — We've had a nice variety of cryptic "setters," or constructors, the last several puzzles.
But it's one of the reasons that I love seeing younger names like Kameron Austin Collins in the crossword bylines, and it's also why I appreciate some of the changes that Will Shortz made to The New York Times Crossword puzzle when he became editor in 1993.
And here are Mr. Pahk's notes: Back in late November, Amanda emailed me with the idea she had of having a crossword be a part of her wedding reception since a crossword had played a key role in her engagement back at the Westchester tournament in September.
Brian Greer, who has been constructing cryptic crosswords for more than 50 years and was the editor of The Times of London crosswords from 1995-2000, makes his New York Times Crossword debut with a gentle Monday puzzle, but there is more to his project to remember Harry Potter: In addition to his first American-style crossword here, Mr. Greer has a cryptic crossword in The Times of London that also has a Harry Potter theme.
So this is going to be print-only, even those who subscribe to the Times' crossword app?
Though the best competitive crossworders are a greying lot, moving the crossword online gives newcomers a chance.
That captures a good deal of crossword real estate, and then you can branch out from there.
And some of you will have completed a Wednesday New York Times crossword for the first time.
He gets up and I do the mini NYT crossword on my phone before I get up.
GIF Battle, as Baron sees it, isn't too different from word games like crossword puzzles or Scrabble.
Today, Mr. Yankovic makes his New York Times crossword debut, ably abetted by the constructor Eric Berlin.
Always does the quick crossword before he watches a single episode of Top Gear on his iPad.
I remember growing up and watching my dad doing crossword puzzles and I could never do them.
It means "Blind rage," like when Matt Bai encounters an entry in another language in his crossword.
It's rare that a crossword makes me smile before I even start solving, but this one did.
You fine people of the crossword internet will undoubtedly weigh in on this most important of questions.
If you're solving online, you'll be making good use of the rebus button in Mr. McCoy's crossword.
There is no law I know of that says you cannot learn things from a crossword puzzle.
Wordplay MONDAY PUZZLE — If you can't afford psychotherapy, I highly recommend giving crossword-puzzle constructing a try.
Well, I could ramble on for hours about any crossword puzzle, but I'll stop boring you now.
Jeff Chen: I enjoyed helping get the incredibly talented KERRY WASHINGTON in The New York Times Crossword.
I sort of wish the playoff puzzle could be this Thursday's Times crossword, because it is … special.
GUY CODE makes its New York Times Crossword debut today, as does DUBSTEP, BELIEBER and BAT ROPE.
Assembly Line Sewing leather shoes together is like filling out the NYT crossword puzzle with a pen.
It was such a relief to find his "puz2pdf" app, making my crossword life a lot easier.
This is my very first published crossword puzzle and I'm quite pleased about seeing it in print.
An annual subscription the the Crossword costs $39.95 per year and a monthly is $6.95 per month.
Genna and I talked regularly about crossword puzzles, but she never pressed me to work on one.
He solved it in no time flat and then challenged me to incorporate it into a crossword.
You could call it the technological version of solving The New York Times crossword puzzle in bed.
By "debuted," we mean that it appeared in The New York Times Crossword for the first time.
Mr. NADAL and the Generalissimo both make their full name debuts in the New York Times Crossword.
So today we have a crossword puzzle by Jonathan M. Kaye that is not your "typical" Tuesday.
I've been interested in how others have connected the numbers in a crossword puzzle with their entries.
Here's the front page of our Sunday paper, the Sunday Review from Opinion and our crossword puzzles.
You won't see the word outside crossword puzzles that much, but it's good to know for solving.
She also appears in the Times Crossword quite a bit, so it's good to know about her.
When he is engrossed in a crossword or Sudoku, he tunes out everything (and everyone) around him.
Subscribers to the Crossword and Cooking apps, which are sold separately, have been paying a steadier rate.
Will Shortz, The New York Times's crossword editor, and constructing team Amanda Chung and Karl Ni delivered.
With smartphones in our hands, there are now many ways for people to solve the Times crossword.
Mary Lou Guizzo: Erik got in touch with me last January about co-constructing a themeless crossword.
She kept a leather-bound crossword puzzle dictionary, a kind of thesaurus with synonyms listed by length.
Wordplay THURSDAY PUZZLE — If there is one thing that crossword solvers dislike more than anything, it's spoilers.
Seemed an interesting concept to use as a trick in a crossword, so I got to work.
That's pretty clever, and the revealer phrase is making its debut in the New York Times Crossword.
DEB AMLEN: The hardest part of submitting your finished crossword puzzle to an editor is the waiting.
Then usually an hour or so with the online New York Times, ending with the Mini Crossword.
DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Any hour can be Happy Hour when you're solving an Alex Eaton-Salners puzzle.
It's an enormous sail that depicts the silhouettes of two people harmoniously co-solving a crossword puzzle.
Instead, Will proposed a third page with an audio crossword, something with which he had firsthand experience.
Each will receive The New York Times Crossword Puzzles 2019 Day-to-Day Calendar, from Andrews McMeel.
When I retired from my Seattle pediatric hospitalist job in 2014, I became interested in crossword construction.
Raphel herself competes in the crossword tournament (she does poorly), but the winners go unnamed and unquoted.
Who are these people, who have devoted their efforts to become the greatest crossword solvers in America?
SCARLETT O'Hara's given name returns to the New York Times Crossword after more than 50 years. 46D.
Today, Opel has produced tens of millions of cars … and OPEL has more than 75 crossword appearances.
Adrian Bell, her father, a farmer, was the first compiler of the Times of London's cryptic crossword.
This puzzle was inspired by Paula Gamache's March 8, 2017 crossword, which included the entry INDOOR CAT.
And today, it turns out that you can't even get away from them in the crossword puzzle.
Like a daily crossword becoming more difficult throughout the week, the honking intensified as the week progressed.
Solver stories Solving crossword puzzles helps a mother bond with her adult child in a new way.
And not being able to finish a crossword puzzle, to some people, is the equivalent of failing.
I make a pizza and do a crossword puzzle while I wait for the pizza to bake.
I got started writing crossword puzzles through a friend who publishes a small newspaper in northern Michigan.
Four of the five first ladies make their full name debuts in the New York Times Crossword.
AZO has appeared 81 times in the New York Times Crossword, most recently in the Thursday, Sept.
With all of this acquired knowledge, I thought that crossword creation would be challenging, yes, but attainable.
We have coffee and I work on the Saturday crossword (I wouldn't survive five minutes without autocheck).
Wordplay FRIDAY PUZZLE — By Friday, you should be ready for a good fight with your crossword puzzle.
BHAJIS, those crispy fritters similar to pakoras, make their debut in the New York Times Crossword today.
For folks from underrepresented groups, I also recommend the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory as a fantastic resource.
I also hope everyone in the crossword community has a wonderful Christmas Eve and start to Hanukkah!
This is especially so for crossword solvers, who tend to be drawn to things that are orderly.
I just thought it was hilarious that a crossword could conceivably be used to get people out.
EWOK has appeared in The New York Times Crossword nearly 50 times in its singular form alone.
Fortunately, they are much tamer in the crossword puzzle, where they have appeared less than 300 times.
This is a heteronym clue, and it's one of the hardest types of clues in crossword solving.
The general quality of crossword puzzles, Mr. Shortz contends, has markedly improved in the last few decades.
The French feminine titles have appeared in The New York Times Crossword more than 200 times combined.

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