The New Yorker published its first issue in 1925, amid what the writer Adrienne Raphel has described as a nationwide “crossword craze.” But more than seventy years passed before the magazine ...

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Gary Larson and Doug Peterson time-traveled for decades to make this puzzle.

Our USA Today Crossword November 1, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself ...

PRINT OUT: The word PRINT is found at the OUTside edges of each theme answer: PROVE A POINT, PRIOR COMMITMENT, and PRINCESS CUT. I appreciate that the break in the word PRINT is different in each ...

It was always astonishing to me as a newspaper editor how much readers cared about their puzzles. Make a mistake, leave them out of the paper for a day, and the telephone wouldn’t stop ringing. Have a ...

With 2024 quickly coming to a close, it’s a perfect time to look back at the pop culture high points and, at times, low points of the year. There was no shortage of celebrations, awards, anniversaries ...

With the end of the year approaching, it’s an ideal time to look back at the highs, lows, celebrations and ceremonies of 2023. News pages, websites and social media feeds were filled with hundreds of ...