Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. If there was ever a time to get into crosswords, this is it. And not just because we’re all stuck at ...

There's something fascinating about the mechanical puzzles faced by action heroes and explorers in novels and movies. Pull the right stone and the ancient tomb opens, make a wrong step and gruesome ...

When Juliana Pache began creating crossword puzzles that emphasized the African diaspora in 2022, she opted to make smaller grids that would take people just a few minutes to finish — exactly how she ...

This month, Highlights Press kicked off brainPLAY, a line of puzzle books spun off from brainPLAY magazine for kids seven and up, which Highlights added to its periodical portfolio in June 2023. “The ...

Calie Schepp is a social media editor at Entertainment Weekly, with 10 years experience in editorial and social media coverage of entertainment news. Now Jacobs has channeled his lifelong love of ...

In what might be one of the coolest applications of laser cutting, joinery, puzzles, writing, and bookbinding, [Brady Whitney] has created the Codex Silenda — a literal puzzle book of magnificent ...

Can’t get enough puzzles? Still looking for something to do after the Daily Crossword and the Jumble? The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK are teaming up to offer Sunday print ...

On a chilly January night in 1924, fledgling publisher Richard Simon was having dinner with his Aunt Wixie when she asked if he knew where she could buy a book of crossword puzzles. None existed. At ...