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.

Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances

When good clues just feel wrong

Feb 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3354 Puzzle No. 3354

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Feb 3, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Fair Is Fair Fair Is Fair

We want you to succeed.

Jan 29, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3353 Puzzle No. 3353

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Jan 26, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

A Fine Balance A Fine Balance

We like symmetrical grids, but not all the time.

Jan 22, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3352 Puzzle No. 3352

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Jan 20, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Many Puzzles in One Many Puzzles in One

Clue is to puzzle as puzzle is to extravaganza.

Jan 15, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3351 Puzzle No. 3351

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog,Word Salad

Jan 13, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

And Liberally So And Liberally So

The wordplay is the definition… literally!

Jan 8, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3350 Puzzle No. 3350

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Jan 6, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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