The New York Times Games: Puzzle Mania! features an in-depth foreword by author Joel Fagliano alongside an assortment of Mini ...

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There's something fascinating about the mechanical puzzles faced by action heroes and explorers in novels and movies. Pull the right stone and the ancient tomb opens, make a wrong step and gruesome ...

Test your knowledge and solve Newsday Crossword, edited by Stanley Newman. Get our daily and Sunday Crossword puzzle. F.A.Q.. Read a message from Stan and watch a video of him discussing his tenure of ...

Can’t get enough puzzles? Still looking for something to do after the Daily Crossword and the Jumble? The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK are teaming up to offer Sunday print ...

Echoing authors like Borges and Calvino, the plot of N.J. Campbell’s mind-bending debut novel, Found Audio, features multiple documents and strange layers, but at the center is lost manuscript that ...

MONDAY PUZZLE — To start our week, Tarun Krishnamurthy, a three-time New York Times Crossword constructor, brings us a fresh and fun puzzle with clever wordplay. The theme is simple to grasp, without ...

GCHQ, the UK listening and code-breaking agency, tweeted a cryptic message made of emoji this week. The message, for those who could crack it, was an announcement of a new puzzle book. The emoji ...