Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism. The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times' stable of games. If you're looking for today's Wordle ...

HANDS DOWN: Each vertical (DOWN) theme answer contains a poker HAND: FLUSH, PAIR, and STRAIGHT. Additionally, the location of the HANDS in the theme answers are moving DOWN proceeding from left to ...

It's a fast blast of daily word-game fun. Here are seven hints for improving your Mini Crossword skills. Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie ...

Aren't you glad you gave this crossword a TRY / a GO / a WHACK / a SHOT? I enjoy a synonym theme, and this is a fun one. The theme answers are all great phrases. Congratulations to Prasanna ...

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a five-letter word. Email your answer in the subject line to [email protected].

His day is almost as obvious as the Sun’s. In any case, it’s Wednesday and I’m still traveling and now we need to solve today’s Mini Crossword. The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker ...

That’s why most crossword apps give users a delete option. And if you’re filling out the print crossword puzzle longhand, you don’t get extra points for using ink instead of pencil.

Hanoi is about 300 miles northeast of Vientiane. A clue in an earlier version of this crossword incorrectly said it was about 300 miles northwest. (Corrected on Sept. 9) ...

I dig it. In any case, it’s time to solve this tiny little crossword puzzle. The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT ...

Today’s tricky puzzle features some long, two-part thematic clues. Eight clues start with fairly straightforward hints but then end with a parenthetical statement from a speaker who’s ...