Every morning, millions of Americans are tormented, misled, embarrassed and frustrated by Will Shortz. And they wouldn't have it any other way. As 60 Minutes first reported earlier this year, Shortz ...

Danielle Trussoni melds a heady brew of genres — mystery, horror, supernatural, magical realism, ancient history, mysticism and plain old puzzles — that works in the straightforward, though ...

Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of The New York Times crossword puzzle, a puzzle, we might point out, that’s featured all three anchors of “Sunday Morning” (myself included) as clues. As for the ...

On-air challenge: Here are some sentences. In each one, find two words that sound like to other words that are synonyms. Example: I can pare an apple, too à pair, two 1. My dog's paws go0t stuck under ...

Merl Reagle had the soul of a copy editor and the style of a stand-up comedian. During his too-short life he was both of those and much more: musician, songwriter, author, and one of the world’s great ...

On Feb. 7, Will Shortz, the crossword editor, discussed The New York Times’s approach to puzzles with Deb Amlen, the “Wordplay” crossword columnist, and Joel Fagliano, the digital puzzles editor. Are ...