Natan Last’s book delves into the crossword's century-long story, exploring what the grids we solve reveal about news and ...

Natan Last, a crossword constructor for The New Yorker looks at the puzzle’s history and effect on culture and politics in ...

Word games are knotty, paradoxical devices. They offer players the illusion of control: What could be tidier than a Scrabble board, or the orderly grid of a crossword puzzle? But they are possible ...

On April 2, 1935, The Stanford Daily announced its first crossword with great fanfare. “To give students ever more service and pleasure The Daily starts today a series of Crossword Puzzles,” it wrote.

The annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is returning to Stamford Marriott Hotel next year; however, this will be the ...

Tyler Hinman, a 20-year-old junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was crowned this month as the youngest winner ever in the crossword equivalent of the Super Bowl. The American Crossword Puzzle ...

Capitalism: A Global History comes in at 1,000 pages before the footnotes. Across the Universe explores the past, present and ...

The NYT allows anyone to submit puzzles for consideration, although you may only have three pending at one time.