New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz will screen the documentary “Word Play” and stay on hand to play a few interactive games with the audience, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at the Alamo ...

Danielle Trussoni melds a heady brew of genres — mystery, horror, supernatural, magical realism, ancient history, mysticism and plain old puzzles — that works in the straightforward, though ...

Recently I met George Miller, a world-renowned puzzle maker. George makes 2D- and 3D-puzzle prototypes and builds hundreds of high quality puzzles each year, including classic puzzle reproductions, ...

Zack Butler received a big clue about his future when he got a voicemail message from Will Shortz in 1995. Shortz may not be a recognizable name to everyone, but in puzzle circles, The New York Times ...

On-air challenge: Today's puzzle is a tribute to our dear friend, Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Each answer is a two-word phrase with the initials WS. So, for example, if I gave you the clue, "Climax of ...

Blake Slonecker first tried to build a crossword puzzle after several years of solving them. It was harder than he expected. “It took me two weeks (and) many hours during those two weeks. I was an ...