We've spent hours carefully writing our puzzles to make sure they are challenging but accessible to people of all ages and ...

Aimee Lucido has been writing crossword puzzles since college, and she knows a thing or two about the mystery. As for cheating — gasp! — she says it’s OK.

Erik Agard knows he has big puzzles to fill: He is the Star’s new crossword puzzle maker, a role the late Merl Reagle filled since the launch of this section nearly 20 years ago.

Crossword puzzle maker knows the answer. Major publications have published her work. Lifestyles. By Pamela Dillon. Sept 16, 2015. X. Contact this contributing writer at [email protected].

Crossword constructors volunteer their time to help underrepresented populations get published. By Deb Amlen One not-so-well-kept secret on the puzzle-making side of the business is that your ...

Thinking back to his first crossword puzzle submission to The New York Times when he was 17, Tom McCoy cringes. The theme centered on the board game Clue, he recalls. "The theme of it wasn't very ...