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 ...

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto, two professionals, knock a cryptic puzzle out of the park. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — This has been a great year for variety puzzles, in my opinion, ...

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, ...

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 ...

The New Yorker published cryptics in print in the late nineties—puzzles that, during the past year and a half, we have made available online. Starting today, The New Yorker will offer all-new cryptic ...

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Eastern yogi, originally in Asian capital, had a meal before beginning to read our message for Nation cryptic solvers (3,3,5) Puzzled?

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Can you make a longer word with each new letter?