On its 100th anniversary, ‘King of the Crossword’ Merl Reagle spills on the strange origins of the puzzle—and his own favorite memories from decades of creating his own clues.

This puzzle often is cited as the first crossword puzzle. By the 1920s, the country was immersed in a sort of crossword frenzy. According to The New York Times, the New York Public Library was ...

Michael Sharp reviews "The Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles From Then and Now," by Ben Tausig. A cultural study of crosswords interspersed with specimens from their 100-year history.

Crossword puzzles are now a commonplace activity over coffee in the morning, on the couch at night, or any time and place in between. But when the World published the first crossword puzzle 111 ...

The puzzle’s role in distracting and entertaining the student body may seem trivial, but the history of the crossword in major newspapers suggests that it provides a vital service.

While the crossword only dates back to the 1913s, word puzzles have ancient roots as some of them date back to the Roman civilization. That is evidenced by the Sator Square found in Pompeii which ...

Meet the creator of Black Crossword, puzzles with clues that honor African heritage NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Juliana ... history and interests. And last month, Juliana Pache also published ...