Puzzles & Games

Shuffalo

Shuffalo
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
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Shuffalo: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Shuffalo: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Shuffalo: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Shuffalo: Monday, November 3, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Shuffalo: Sunday, November 2, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Crossword

The Crossword
A puzzle that ranges in difficulty, with the occasional theme.
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The Crossword: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
A beginner-friendly puzzle.
The Crossword: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Pair for a buck: seven letters.
The Crossword: Monday, November 3, 2025
Guy who’s out for blood: seven letters.
The Crossword: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Bit of madcap behavior: five letters.
The Crossword: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
A moderately challenging puzzle.
Mini Crossword

The Mini
A bite-size crossword, for a quick diversion.
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The Mini Crossword: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Extremely precise, so to speak: eight letters.
The Mini Crossword: Friday, October 31, 2025
Cat’s comment: four letters.
The Mini Crossword: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Object made of vulcanized rubber: four letters.
The Mini Crossword: Friday, October 24, 2025
Title character of “Black Beauty” or “Seabiscuit”: five letters.
The Mini Crossword: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Schwartz who played Jean-Ralphio on “Parks and Recreation”: three letters.
Laugh Lines

Laugh Lines
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
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Laugh Lines No. 44: Elections
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
Laugh Lines No. 43: Halloween
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
Laugh Lines No. 42: Fashion, Part 4
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
Laugh Lines No. 41: Fairy Tales
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
Laugh Lines No. 40: On the Phone, Part 2
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
Name Drop

Name Drop
Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?
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Name Drop Pack: And the Oscar Goes To . . .
Can you guess the identities of these nine Oscar-winning actors, past and present?
Name Drop Pack: Music Legends
Can you guess the identities of these nine Grammy nominees, past and present?
Name Drop Pack: Names of 2023
Can you guess the identities of nine people who made headlines this year?
Name Drop Pack: Moguls and Money-Makers
Can you guess the identities of these seven titans of industry?
Name Drop Pack: Make Me Laugh
Can you guess the identities of these nine comedians?

Cryptic Crossword

The Cryptic Crossword
A puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.
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The Cryptic Crossword: Sunday, March 17, 2024
Fit last of coconut inside brown rum (7).
The Cryptic Crossword: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Mae West smuggles some farm animals (4).
The Cryptic Crossword: Sunday, March 3, 2024
Teaches Egyptian boy king essentials of Norse (6).
Beginner-Friendly Cryptic No. 1
We’ve added some hints and explainers to make this puzzle a little less cryptic.
Beginner-Friendly Cryptic No. 2
We’ve added some hints to make this puzzle a little less cryptic.
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Introducing Laugh Lines: The New Yorker’s Cartoon History Game

Travel through a hundred years of cartoons in our new weekly challenge.

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Introducing the New Yorker Mini Crossword

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A Starter Pack for the Cryptic-Crossword Curious

Learn how to solve our wiliest word puzzle with this beginner-friendly collection.