Puzzle Making

Want to discuss or get help with Puzzle Mania’s huge crossword? Here’s where to go.

The Super Mega Crossword in this year’s Puzzle Mania section is 50x50. Call in reinforcements if necessary.

The New York Times welcomes three new additions to the Games editorial team.

A new offering is being beta tested, and a small team of passionate puzzle makers at The Times talk about how an idea becomes a game.

Meet the newest associate puzzle editor at The New York Times.

A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.

A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.

A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.

Puzzle Mania’s Super Mega Crossword may look overwhelming, but you’ve got this. Here are our tips for a successful solve.

The second class of fellows will receive mentorship from one of six puzzle editors.

We will reopen submissions on Aug. 1.

A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.

A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.

The winners of the second contest in the 2021 “Puzzle Mania” section.

On your mark … get set … solve!

Rachel Fabi is coming to Wordplay — and it’s all good.

If Malcolm Gladwell is correct, Will Shortz is finally an expert.

Proceeds for the Friday, Feb. 5 Zoom event will benefit The New York Times’s Neediest Cases Fund.

Will Shortz announces the winners of the “Super Mega” Crossword contest. Did you find the hidden message?

One winner of the contest found the answer to the toughest question through some brilliant sleuthing.

‘I guess we’re into crosswords now,’ said one contestant.

How we’ve changed. And how you have, too.

Who will take home the top prize?

Whose year is it?

Crossword constructors volunteer their time to help underrepresented populations get published.

The crossword editor, Will Shortz, announces new rates for crossword constructors.

Now, all in one place: Bring your theme ideas and follow along as New York Times constructors and editors pull back the curtain on puzzle making.

In the final part of this series, the New York Times crossword editors reveal their process for evaluating and editing a puzzle submission.

A loss in the crossword family.