One word changes everything. Write "accept" when you mean "except" and your sentence says the opposite of what you intended. Mix up "affect" and "effect" in a professional email and colleagues question...
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Puzzle solvers across the country have been stumbling over an 8-letter chemistry term that keeps appearing in crossword grids. The clue "chemical reaction ingredients" showed up in the Thomas Joseph Crossword last...
Crossword enthusiasts hit a wall on November 29, 2025 with a four-letter clue that sent many scrambling for answers. "What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine" appeared in that Friday's New York Times...
Walk into any coffee shop and you'll find someone hunched over a crossword puzzle. Fifty million Americans solve one daily. What most don't realize is that nearly every puzzle they tackle came...
A simple crossword clue appeared in the Daily Commuter Crossword on October 9, 2025: "Fitness items for swinging." Eleven letters. The answer stumped solvers who immediately thought of playground equipment or resistance...
