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.

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 ...

Crossword puzzles will often have clues that refer to prefixes, suffixes, or words or terms that come before or after the answer. Clues will try to trip you up a little bit by using indirect ...

Meet the creator of Black Crossword, puzzles with clues that honor African heritage NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Juliana Pache about her Black crossword mini puzzles, ...

Crossword Puzzle Day is recognized every year on December 21. On that day in 1913, British-born journalist Arthur Wynne published the first modern crossword puzzle — a diamond-shaped word game ...