Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But I would like to take this time to get on a hobbyhorse of mine: More people should be doing cryptic crosswords. For the ...

Among the most challenging crossword puzzles are those in which the answers are hidden in the clues themselves. These are aptly called cryptic. For example, what is the answer to Used to be healthy, ...

Doug Peterson takes a spin on the cryptic red carpet. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — This is a nice surprise: The return of a crossword veteran to the cryptic fold after more than a decade’s ...

In partnership with GPE Scientific, we’re hiding a chemistry term across six cryptic crosswords – if you solve all six and collect the letters in the yellow squares (click ‘Show ninas’ above to reveal ...

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Can you make a longer word with each new letter? Trip Payne is a senior editor of the app Crosswords with Friends. His first nationally published puzzle appeared in Games magazine, in 1983. Four ...

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer is a co-op puzzle game that follows the story of two amateur sleuths who receive a mysterious package containing a cryptex. The cryptex leads them on a journey to solve a ...

John Forbes graces us with a cryptic gift. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — This is the seventh and last installment of what has been a terrific year for cryptic crossword puzzles! John Forbes ...