The centerpiece of the annual Puzzle Mania print section requires a big helping of teamwork, with a side order of patience. By Deb Amlen Deb Amlen is one of the writers of the Wordplay crossword ...

When I — a crossword beginner — do the Aug. 14 puzzle on Blackcrossword.com, I briefly fumble on one clue: “Turner from Tennessee.” The four-letter (and now obvious) answer is Tina. Later, when I ...

“Wait, can you make a Harry Potter-themed one?” Laney Crawley, editor-in-chief at The Daily Tar Heel, asked Liam Furlong, The DTH's crossword creator, in the office one day. “Absolutely,” Furlong ...

At the time, the crossword was little more than a decade old and it had only appeared in newspapers, namely the New York ...