Mio Iwai

Mio Iwai runs The Crosswords. She's been a reporter in Michigan since 2013. Started at the Livingston Daily covering zoning meetings and school boards. Moved to business reporting in 2018, mostly automotive suppliers and manufacturing. Spent the last few years covering how tech companies promise to save Midwest towns and usually don't. Grew up in Ann Arbor. Parents came from Osaka in 1983. Dad worked at a Toyota plant in Ypsilanti for thirty years. She knows what happens when factories close. Graduated from Michigan State. Still does the New York Times crossword every Saturday.

Wall Street Journal Crossword Guide 2026: How to Solve WSJ

Mike Shenk sits in his Manhattan office, surrounded by dictionaries and reference books, doing what millions of solvers will attempt tomorrow morning. He's working through a crossword puzzle, but unlike commuters with...

Optimistic Exclamation Crossword Clue Answer: IHOPESO (2025)

IHOPESO. Seven letters, no spaces, one answer. The optimistic exclamation crossword clue stumped solvers when it appeared in the Thomas Joseph Crossword on August 22, 2025. The answer transforms the everyday phrase "I...

Like a Bicycle or a Horse Crossword Answer: RIDABLE (NYT)

A seven-letter word connects a bicycle to a horse in one of last year's trickier New York Times Crossword clues. The answer, RIDABLE, stumped solvers who couldn't immediately spot what these two...

Be Furious NYT Crossword Clue Answer & All Solutions 2025

SEERED. Six letters. August 24, 2025. The be furious NYT crossword clue delivered that particular brand of frustration only a well constructed puzzle can provide. Solvers expecting SEETHE or RAGE found themselves staring...

For Real Tho Crossword Clue Answer is TBH (Solved 2026)

The answer is TBH. Three letters that started as texting shorthand now appear in America's most trusted crossword puzzles, and if you're staring at the clue "for real tho" wondering what fits, you're...

Phil or Lil of Rugrats Crossword: Answer Is TWIN Explained

The answer is TWIN. Four letters, straightforward once you know it, but the clue "Phil or Lil of 'Rugrats,' e.g." trips up more solvers than you'd expect. The LA Times ran this clue...

The Tribe Around the Colorado River Crossword Answer is MOHAVE

MOHAVE. That's the answer to the crossword clue stumping solvers in the New York Times, Premier Sunday, and USA Today puzzles. Six letters for a people who've occupied the Colorado River valley since...

Mio Iwai

Mio Iwai runs The Crosswords. She's been a reporter in Michigan since 2013. Started at the Livingston Daily covering zoning meetings and school boards. Moved to business reporting in 2018, mostly automotive suppliers and manufacturing. Spent the last few years covering how tech companies promise to save Midwest towns and usually don't. Grew up in Ann Arbor. Parents came from Osaka in 1983. Dad worked at a Toyota plant in Ypsilanti for thirty years. She knows what happens when factories close. Graduated from Michigan State. Still does the New York Times crossword every Saturday.