Won’t you take me to the strangest of places?

and I had to rely on too many deep-cut names and phrases for comfort — the inevitable result of frantically trying the year prior to start and finish a Sunday-size crossword in a few hours.

Good luck to everyone competing in the inaugural Westwords Crossword Tournament today! I’ll be receiving the set of puzzles to solve after it’s finished, so if you’re competing, don’t post ...

Cryptic crossword solvers are accustomed to seeking out words in clues that might signal an anagram. In cryptic circles these ...

It’s Oscar night, so it’s time for a movie crossword. Twelve answers are clued as though they are remakes of certain films. What makes them “remakes”? They’re anagrams of the movie title ...

Politics and football: Two forms of modern blood sport that I combined into one crossword. Six football-related phrases have been redefined in a political context. In addition, 120A and 123A are ...

who are among the crossword constructors filling in for Evan Birnholz until his return from paternity leave in January. The solution to their Sunday puzzle, “Traffic Advisory,” is posted below.