I met Merl Reagle for the first time at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) back in 2015. We didn’t talk for long ...

I have three puzzle-related announcements, two of which are good but the other is sad. I’m going to start with the sad one.

I don’t usually start these posts by highlighting a comment from a reader, and I probably won’t make a habit of it, but I wanted to take a moment to show some appreciation for this one from ...

I now feel I should give you not just a simple warning but a big flashing neon sign at the top of today’s post: Next week’s puzzle on Dec. 29 has a meta, and it is not going to be a standard crossword ...