“Every so often, a constructor sends us a particularly odd-shaped grid to accommodate the puzzle’s theme,” Sam Ezersky wrote. “While we wouldn’t normally allow this, here the shape adds ...

Not everyone feels their sharpest on a Monday - but this new puzzle should test out just how strong your powers of perception are after the weekend.

The seek-and-find challenge is an excellent tool to test your observation skills. Want to test how sharp your observation skills are? Then find the odd shape in 7 seconds.

The Times’ column on the puzzle explains its theme—cheese-related puns on all things pop culture—and breaks down its more difficult clues.

NEW YORK CITY (TND) — In what some critics are hoping is just an embarrassing oversight, the New York Times published a "swastika"-shaped crossword puzzle on Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah ...

New York Times responds after readers accuse paper of swastika-shaped crossword puzzle “Many open grids in crosswords have a similar spiral pattern because of the rules around rotational ...

At 28 letters, it isn’t perfect, but with a slightly odd-shaped grid it could work. Of course, I’ve since learned from my 12-year-old son that there are several longer words in English (thanks ...