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Whoa, Nellie
Crossword remembers intrepid writer; we remember Gunder Hägg

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Big Little Drama
Uncovering a town-nickname mystery – isn’t that what clues are for?

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Prize-worthy posers
Revisiting the greatest clues of the 2024 ACPT

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Giving us fits
This week’s puzzles take a weird trip into TikTok look-land

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Raise the Roof
or, There isn’t a shingle reason to skip this column

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Stamford or bust
Tournament time is just one of many crossworld goings-on

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Fast and fasting
This week’s puzzles took us from Ramadan to the racetrack

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Score!
Thrice gives you more stats. Let the metagames begin!

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Go on, get Stranded
The latest New York Times game, and more from the puzzle world

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What’s that smell?
This week, fermented protein and other crossword comestibles

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Set ‘em up, knock ‘em down
The giant bowling alley on the other side of the (cross)world

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Love, Crossword Style
… where even the clues are about people named Love

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Going Deep
On Super Bowl Sunday, we check in on the other kind of gridiron

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Fame and Fashion
Crossword couture greets the latest lifetime achievement winner

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Able Was I Ere I Solved Crosswords
Investigating the biggest palindrome cities, and other curiosities

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International Man of Mystery
Back from MIT, our columnist finds clues from all over the world

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The Hunt Is On
Chriswords greets 2024, prepares for MIT hijinks

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Going down (and across) in history
From pre-Columbian peoples to pioneering puzzlers, a week for the ages

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Eve of Construction
Holidays include one birthday you might not know about

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Holiday Treasures
Crossworld offers up all sorts of December delights

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The 2023 Questionist Gift Guide
The latest and/or greatest for the discerning nerd in your life

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Turn the Page
Everyday Q&A marks fifth year of saving the world from bad calendars

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Rock On
Thirty years of female-fronted power pop in one clue

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The Gift That Keeps Giving
American- or British-style, crosswords serve up lessons

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Just a few more reps
In a week of consumption, the crossworld demands exertion

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A long time for Shortz
NYT puzzlemaster passes another decade at the helm

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Fill All the Grids!
And while you’re at it, get the new book on ‘crosswordese’

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More like “Pacific Down-Across,” amirite?
Oregon takes center stage in the crossworld this week

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Stacks on Stacks
A puzzling trip through your library’s fiction section

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Taking Back Sunday
This week, our columnist sticks to the big grid

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The Cane Mutiny
Reddit’s not sure about a kids’ worksheet puzzle, and more crossword news

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Day of the Thread
Crossworld offers up tricks, treats, textiles

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Dr. Wily and the Mountweazels
It’s not a band, it’s just this week’s Chriswords.

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The seasons turn, and so do ice skaters
Chriswords takes us from Boston to Lagos

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Parks and Pics
This week’s Chriswords visits Midtown, photog history

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The movement continues…
After 36 editions, Uncle John’s is still a buttload of work

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Taking flight
Bird gives a new way to clue an old name, and more from the week in crosswords

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Dispatches from a Crossroads
Questionist’s crossword column will cover a world in constant motion

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Lexiko-hell-no
On National Scrabble Day, we celebrate the perseverance of Alfred Butts

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The $5.62 Trivia Pageant
If you played TikTok Trivia, we sure hope you celebrated with a Big Mac.

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Thank Wordle for Lingo
Wait a minute, RuPaul has SIX letters!