PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Natan Last is making a crossword puzzle. “The theme,” he says as he opens his laptop, “is Dr. Seuss books” — in particular “Yertle the Turtle,” “Green Eggs and ...

Longtime crossword constructor Bernice Gordon is marking two big ones: She turned 100 on Saturday, and The New York Times will publish another one of her puzzles on Wednesday — making her the ...

SUNDAY PUZZLE — Kathy Bloomer, who lives in Seattle, is a retired hospital pediatrician.Constructing crossword puzzles developed out of her love of solving diagramless puzzles, which involves a ...

SUNDAY PUZZLE — Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle and a frequent crossword contributor to The New York Times. Juliana Tringali Golden is an editor in Oakland, Calif., making her fourth appearance ...