Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Nation Puzzlers

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto are The Nation’s puzzlers. To read more about Kosman, click here. To read more about Picciotto, click here.

Kosman and Picciotto explain what they’re up to in “Solving The Nation’s Cryptic Crosswords” (also available as a PDF).

Check out The Nation’s Current Issue page each week for the latest puzzle.

Puzzle No. 3430 Puzzle No. 3430

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Where we constructed this puzzle, avoiding all the 22, and listening to choice cut (6)  4 Characters running west i…

Apr 6, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3429

Puzzle No. 3429 Puzzle No. 3429

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Implausible ability leads to a practice: beginning to embroider footwear (10)  6 Principal curve (4)  9 Ecstatic ha…

Mar 30, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3428

Puzzle No. 3428 Puzzle No. 3428

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Losing face and turning around: psychological problems for a children’s doctor? (5)  4 Australian native to evade l…

Mar 23, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3427

Puzzle No. 3427 Puzzle No. 3427

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Composer’s material: one supporting Annan even halfway (6,9)  9 Care of flower: It can protect a tabletop (7) 10 Co…

Mar 15, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3426

Puzzle No. 3426 Puzzle No. 3426

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Makes furnace a must in a storm (12)  9 Restless cop nuked a dessert (5,4) 10 Many bees could be shot, almost? (5)…

Mar 9, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3425

Puzzle No. 3425 Puzzle No. 3425

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Conquest provides material for a series of poems (6,8)  9 Plain ridiculous after RV trade-in (7) 10 Tangible deed:…

Mar 2, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3424

Puzzle No. 3424 Puzzle No. 3424

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Blows concealed by general’s technical jargon (8)  5 Look back into university degree for support (6) 10 Disentangl…

Feb 23, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3423

Puzzle No. 3423 Puzzle No. 3423

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Tot had rum, getting drunk in college (9)  6 Introduction to Mr. Smith’s Mrs. (5)  9 Feeling jealous after losing a…

Feb 16, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3422

Puzzle No. 3422 Puzzle No. 3422

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 What comes after I imitate mockery (4)  3 In the absence of objective fact, send leader of team ahead of Yankee slu…

Feb 9, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3421

Puzzle No. 3421 Puzzle No. 3421

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Bit of embroidery, awfully close to rococo, is found in cushion now and again (5,2,5)  9 Break purer tint in pieces…

Feb 2, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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