Today’s theme: 2025 in poetry.

Wall Street Journal Puzzles and Crosswords ...

TODAY’S TRICKS Clues begin or end with a definition of the answer. The rest is one of these: Anagram Anagram of answer and hint that there’s an anagram ‘Senator arranged crime (7)’ gives TREASON ...

They’re not easy, but the brain-bending puzzles are a celebration of “the hidden magic within language”. Not to mention ...

Crosswords, inexplicably, are more popular than ever. The New York Times alone apparently has more than 28 million people playing its word games. (Speaking of which, have you tried Slate’s?) Something ...

Richard Silvestri delivers a doozy of a challenge. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — This is not a puzzle to zip through unless you’re an absolute whiz at cryptics. I mulled it over for a couple ...

Tensions mount, uncertainty looms, words take on a rather threatening aspect. HT Puzzles' Kabir Firaque writes on being stuck in a grid, with the clock ticking.

Today’s theme: 2025 in language.

Fred Piscop charms with a very American cryptic crossword. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — We are the lucky recipients of Fred Piscop’s first cryptic crossword for The New York Times; let’s ...