NEW YORK (AP) — It started a couple of years ago when Juliana Pache was doing a crossword puzzle and got stuck. She was unfamiliar with the reference that the clue made. It made her think about ...

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 ...

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SUNDAY PUZZLE — John Westwig is a software engineer in Seattle; he got into crosswords when he was very young, solving Games magazine puzzles on car trips with his family. Constructing came soon ...

Plus Evan’s story from the 2025 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. April 27, 2025. Summary. Analysis by Evan Birnholz. ... like those of a Wednesday New York Times crossword; ...