Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 28—What's the secret to designing a successful crossword puzzle? For Stella Zawistowski, the answer lies in letting the ...

If you think trying to solve Sunday’s New York Times crossword is a challenge, try making one of your own. Writing crossword puzzles is way harder than solving them, says Aimee Lucido, a Berkeley ...

Puzzle writer Matt Jones, shown here in a provided photo, has been making crossword puzzles for almost 30 years. His first published crossword appeared in The New York Times when he was just 19. Matt ...

Missy Bartlett poses with a Catholic puzzle book in her Louisville, Ky., home, in this June 28, 2020, photo. Bartlett’s puzzles are also published in Catholic newspapers across the nation and ...

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We recently spoke with Sid Sivakumar, one of the crossword constructors filling in for Evan Birnholz until his return from paternity leave in January. The solution to his Sunday puzzle, “Meeting ...

For our Father’s Day puzzle section, we thought it would be nice to get a crossword puzzle created exclusively for our readers. After a few emails, the name that came to the top was Jeff Chen. He fit ...

Does “thirst trap” pass the “on fleek” test? And other questions a crossword creator must answer. A puzzle is, it's like the fingerprint of a constructor. They're gonna put words that they like. And ...

What’s the secret to designing a successful crossword puzzle? For Stella Zawistowski, the answer lies in letting the player enjoy the process of solving it. “To me, success is (when) people solve the ...