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. 3400

Puzzle No. 3400 Puzzle No. 3400

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Large cat doesn’t finish eating large fruit (4)  3 Someone, moving in the old ways, ran and flocked together in dis…

Jun 2, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3399

Puzzle No. 3399 Puzzle No. 3399

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Davis and Tatum, circling a piano at a great distance (5,5)  6 Swindle results from reverse-engineered computers (4…

May 19, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3398

Puzzle No. 3398 Puzzle No. 3398

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 I am always on time, ahead of you when texting, and spontaneous (9)  6 Scoundrel and French military trainee (5)  9…

May 5, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3397

Puzzle No. 3397 Puzzle No. 3397

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 & 27 Traitor goes before that woman sooner (6)  3 Mercury is alive (11)  9 Nobel Prize–winning writer reviewed…

Apr 21, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3396

Puzzle No. 3396 Puzzle No. 3396

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Lip-read to provide all the parts of a solid (14) 10 Howard going after laughable, unopened letter (7) 11 A vote in…

Apr 7, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3395

Puzzle No. 3395 Puzzle No. 3395

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  8 Backward cry of disdain at a longtime Cuban dance (8)  9 On the radio, happy beat from Scotland (6) 10 Vow loyalty,…

Mar 24, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3394

Puzzle No. 3394 Puzzle No. 3394

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Formal speech, skipping the commercial (5)  4 Mistakenly pry into gothic novel with legal protection (9)  9 Vicious…

Mar 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3393

Puzzle No. 3393 Puzzle No. 3393

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  5 We’re crazy about Virgin Islands magazine (6) 10 A parrot states: “In the Northeast and the West, work!” (5) 11 …

Mar 3, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3392

Puzzle No. 3392 Puzzle No. 3392

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Like the Sabbath day, happening in silence (7)  5 Representative sample of small timepiece (6)  8 Proprietor of reg…

Feb 25, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3391

Puzzle No. 3391 Puzzle No. 3391

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 New Testament hastened the Christian Era’s flashy arrival (5,8)  9 Flyers trumpeting less than half of a six-pack?…

Feb 18, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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