GOOD TRY (Freestyle): There's no theme today, because this is a freestyle, or themeless puzzle. The title is a nod to POINTS FOR EFFORT (38A: "At least you tried"). This puzzle is more than a GOOD ...

What's not to like about a puzzle that encourages me to TAKE THE DAY OFF? This theme is creative and I enjoyed it a lot. It made me chuckle to imagine that the theme answer, "BREAK IT UP YOU TWO!" ...

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well ...

Puzzle Mania is an annual special puzzle section in the print edition of the Sunday paper. It includes Sudoku, a Cryptic Crossword, word games, visual puzzles and more. The centerpiece of the ...

Check out the Effectively Wild fan, Raymond Chen’s expansive crossword, sports-clue spreadsheet referenced in Ben’s Afterball. Read about Inter Miami’s playoff flop. Podcast production and ...

Engage your mind with our Daily Crossword Puzzle, where you can challenge your vocabulary and problem-solving skills in this free game. Play our Mini Crossword Puzzle, offering quick and ...

Every morning after toast and porridge (with water), for years, I’ve done the easy Times 2 crossword. Well, not that easy, sometimes I get caught out by unusual questions about Italian ...

Puzzmo is a modern reimagining of what newspaper puzzles can be, built by the industry’s most talented and creative cruciverbalists. The brainchild of award-winning game developers Zach Gage and ...

The Post Office has confirmed it could close up to 115 branches - so is your local at risk of shutting for good? The locations that are all earmarked for closure are the last remaining sites that ...

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