The NYT Mini crossword might be a lot smaller than a normal crossword, but it isn't easy. If you're stuck with today's ...

The brainteaser was launched by The New York Times in 2023 and has since gone on to become the newspaper's second-most played game behind Wordle, another word-based puzzle. "I usually don't know where ...

Here is an old party trick in which playing cards magically reveal the result of a multiplication exercise. What is the ...

NPR's Ayesha Racsoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KNPR listener Lisa Rock of Las Vegas, Nev.

Embracing everything from riddles and logical conundrums to mathematical problems and optical illusions, he notes that "it ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WLRN listener Ann Kritzer of Coral Springs, Fla., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

1) You start with all the main rules of the puzzle. Each row is in ascending or descending order, with a prime number in the middle, starting or ending with a perfect square. Perfect squares are not ...

The popular holiday event draws huge crowds to Boothbay. Tickets for the annual Gardens Aglow light display at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay go on sale Tuesday. If you’re ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

In total, there are 36 + 25 + 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 91 squares. In general, the total number of squares, represented by A, in a similarly divided square with side length n can be written as: ...

All told, the full project will increase the size of Concourse D floor space from about 125,000 square feet to 225,000 ... 60 feet wide to 99 feet wide. The number of gates on D will actually ...

The concept is similar to escape rooms, with each level tasking you with solving a puzzle. The answer is often a string of numbers, letters, and more, which you can sometimes find hidden in the room.