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Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it? On Dec. 21, 1913, the New York World, a prominent New ...

How to solve today's Wordle. Wordle, Wordle, Wordle. That one may smile and be a Wordle! Out, damned Wordle, out I say! A pox on both your Wordles! I wonder, verily, would the Bard have played word ...

Puzzle games have changed a lot since The Witness hit in 2016, which showed us new ways of interpreting game environments and connecting the dots. And even in 2025 we had the likes of Blue Prince ...

Many of the big announcements at The Game Awards are for completely new projects, some of which are total surprises (if you had an Okami sequel on your bingo card last year, you're either in the know ...

Duke football will play for the ACC championship — and, potentially, a College Football Playoff berth — after all. The Blue Devils, who have five losses on the season, were sent to the ACC ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect Georgia and Alabama clinching spots in the SEC championship game. The two spots for the SEC championship game were left up for grabs as the ...

OXFORD — Ole Miss football needs some help to make the SEC Championship Game for the first time. The Rebels' path to reaching the game in Atlanta on Dec. 6 (3 p.m., ABC) first requires winning the ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.

Microsoft announced new agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They can help to shrink the gap between ideation and production. Other Copilot updates include an expanded Voice mode. In the era of AI ...

If you’ve spent time in YouTube’s puzzle scene, you’ve probably encountered Fleb, whose gentle sense of humor and analytical mind made him a perfect guide to the history of brain-teasers. Strange ...

Everything you need to know about this year’s special print puzzle section. By New York Times Games What is Puzzle Mania? Puzzle Mania is an annual special puzzle section in the print edition of the ...