Cutting out the middle of wood doesn't have to be a painstaking task. With the help of this jigsaw trick, you'll get the job ...

The increased challenge of 100-piece, 300-piece, and even 750-piece puzzles held her attention as she got older, too. This 60-piece farmyard scene was our favorite starter puzzle.

Also on the market: a jigsaw puzzle gleaned from a photo of the bridge taken in better times, its cut-out pieces allowing players to “rebuild” the span on a table at home.

Data scientist Dr Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, and her quantum physicist husband, Dr Kent Bonsma-Fisher, constructed nine jigsaw puzzles, with the number of pieces ranging from nine to 2,000, to solve ...

Williams, the jigsaw expert in Maine, said she wondered about those questions, too. “I learn new words when I do crosswords, and I am amused by the wittiness of them,” she said by e-mail.

Cappitella, 43, produces jigsaw puzzles for weddings, anniversaries, trade shows, corporate giveaways and personal gifts. They sell for anywhere from $30 to more than $10,000.