SWEEPSTAKES. Eleven letters that solve one of the more frequent crossword puzzles appearing in British and Irish publications. The clue "lotteries or races" has stumped solvers from The Independent to the Irish...
The seven-letter answer you're hunting for is FACE-OFF.
Crossword constructors love this clue because it works multiple ways: "start of play in ice hockey," "how hockey begins," or "method of starting and restarting...
The five-letter answer that stopped solvers cold last August? RUSES. The clue "Deceptive ploys" appeared at 8 Across in the New York Times Mini Crossword on Sunday, August 24, 2025, and while...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
