NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WFIU listener Mark Minster of Terre Haute, Ind., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster ...

The Inaugural Crossword Puzzle Contest will feature unpublished New York Times puzzles provided by Will Shortz.

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, Jan. 25 ...

Hints and solutions for today's Mini Crossword on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

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In nearly five decades of directing puzzle competitions, New York Times crossword editor and NPR puzzle master Will Shortz ...

This week's challenge comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. Think of a word that means "very small." Move the first syllable to the end, separated by a space, and you'll get a two-word phrase ...

1A. This [Bit of regal headwear] is not a crown or a tiara, but a DIADEM, which appears in the modern Times puzzle ...

It may seem like they’ve been around forever, but the crossword as we know it is barely a century old. They started in the New York World in 1913, where it was originally called a “word-cross.” Going ...

Today's puzzle is called "Pet Theory." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word start ...

Last week's challenge was a numerical one from Ed Pegg Jr., who runs the website mathpuzzle.com. Take the nine digits -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. You can group some ...