The answer to five across in the Nov. 17 New York Times Mini Crossword is “CIGAR.” The clue “ Puff piece” refers to a piece that you can puff and that’s where the cigar fits the bill because it is ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUT listener Dan Tatje of Georgetown, Texas.

Sandy Dusel works on a 500-piece puzzle with her team, Barely Holding It Together, during the Puzzle Palooza competition at ...

Keep busy indoors when it’s too cold to play outside with this fun and free printable Winter Word Search for kids.

The two longest down entries in the puzzle are 4D, [Seminal protest song written at a Greenwich Village cafe], which solves to BLOWIN IN THE WIND, and 14D, [Refuse to sully oneself], which is TAKE THE ...