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Hayley Gold
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Sep 13, 2022
Lollapuzzoola 15: A Crossword Tournament Returns to NYC for its Quinceañera
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Eric Chaikin
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Jun 28, 2022
Photo Synthesis
Find the bond and extend the wordplay chain.
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Ben Zimmer
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Jun 6, 2022
“The Puzzler” Is a Wild Ride Through the World of Puzzledom
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Eric Chaikin
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May 25, 2022
Wordplay Spin-offs & Extended Cuts
Streaming some of our favorites on “ABC-TV”
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Ben Zimmer
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Feb 20, 2022
The Return of the SymmyS: Pleasing Palindromes from All Over
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Ben Zimmer
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Jan 23, 2022
At the MIT Mystery Hunt, Puzzlers Explored the World of “Bookspace”
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Ben Zimmer
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Jan 17, 2022
The Puzzling Story of How Cryptic Crosswords Crossed the Atlantic
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Eric Chaikin
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Nov 20, 2021
Vocally Challenged: Vowelless Words That Make You Go Hmmm…
“He had in his possession a bunchberry
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Katja Brinck
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Oct 31, 2021
What’s up with those long German words?
While Oktoberfest could only be celebrated virtually this…
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Allegra Kuney
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Jul 16, 2021
Curses! A Conversation with Parker Higgins
We talk to Parker Higgins about his “beautifully janky”…
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