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Paolo Pasco, a games editor at TED, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2024 and 2025. He is the author of “Crossword Puzzles for Kids.” ...

Hello fellow cryptic-solvers! Welcome to a brand new section of The Daily: Cardinal Cryptic! The Cardinal Cryptic is a fun crossword puzzle that contains a hidden word. You can find our first puzzle ...

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Welcome to Fifteen Minutes first-ever (to my knowledge) cryptic crossword. Cryptics are the trickier and weirder British cousin of normal crosswords. Whereas a normal crossword’s clues only have a ...

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