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Puzzle Mania is an annual special puzzle section in the print edition of the Sunday paper. It includes Sudoku, a Cryptic ...

The answer to five down in the Nov. 12 New York Times Mini Crossword is “HASTE.” The complete proverb “Haste makes waste,” ...

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While solving the NYT Mini Crossword, the answer to the “Makes a run for it” clue came to me naturally because there aren’t a lot of words that you’d use to describe a person who is escaping someone.

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You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further ... strings of EIEI and IEIO to see if there were any results ...

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T he answer to this tough crossword puzzle clue inspired a new principle for avid solvers, called “The Natick Pr ...

While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.

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