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.

A League of Our Own A League of Our Own

The wordplay of the National Puzzlers’ League

Oct 2, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3339 Puzzle No. 3339

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

Sep 30, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Déjà Vu All Over Again Déjà Vu All Over Again

Studying history to avoid repeating it

Sep 25, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3338 Puzzle No. 3338

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad. ACROSS  1 Solo sound of bell, leading to passion for working together (4,2,5)  7 and 28 Unions & co. fail miserably (3-3)  9 I ran my convertible around back of Earl Monroe (7) 10 Idea 15: mixed drink (4,3) 11 Disgusting earthborn alien (9) 12 Pastor Chris is filled with light (5) 13 Where the Aggies play cello badly, and pregnancy follows (7,7) 18 Avoiding the stock exchange, Umberto interrupts apparent stalker (4-3-7) 22 Type of pint drunk outside university (5) 24 Stood and tattled about Ecstasy and speed (9) 26 Shout: “This is not seen below” (7) 27 Chilean statesman to advance, immersed in brew (7) 28 See 7 across 29 Holy man with a moral stance: manage doctor’s device (11) DOWN  1 In Milan, my honey read over a songbook (6)  2 Filthy hotel porn: it can be magnetic (5,4)  3 Uncapped brand of beer is more praiseworthy for some (5)  4 Liquor’s English root (7)  5 Prolific writer taking detective’s drugs (7)  6 Disrupt serenity with a weariness of vision (9)  7 Up first, letters from American Spectator that I read (5)  8 Look over an object with hatred (8) 14 Ranges of faceless clichés (9) 15 Kernel of sweet corn, and more along the same lines (3) 16 One adjacent nose, broken at great length (2,7) 17 Concerning the totality of, like, Swiss cheese? (8) 19 Spay dog or cat—after trimming, she could be a source of inspiration (7) 20 Also, hen running with restricted movement (2,5) 21 Stick notice in this place (6) 23 God switched last two parts of a hybrid fruit (5) 25 Baked goods in a car (5) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3337   ACROSS 1 CLAR(IN)ET 9 ACTO (anag.) + R 10 2 defs. 11 rev. hidden 12 J + ARGON 14 anag. 17 T + HEFT 19 anag. 21 anag. 23 pun 24 O + SCULATE (anag.) 28 O(OLE)R 29 DR + I’VE 30 anag. DOWN 1 BAT ON (rev.) 2 ST + RETCH 3 pra[n]ce anag. (&lit.) 4 [h]-ANK-H 5 hidden 6 EV(ER)GREEN (revenge anag.) 7 WAR + MS + POT 8 S + KIN 13 & 16 WELL + NESS 15 anag. 18 hidden 20 G(ONE)OUT 22 OPUS(DE)I (Ed rev., pious anag.) 23 D + ICE 25 rev. 26 AM-ISH 27 “flee”

Sep 23, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Oh, Pairs! Oh, Pairs!

It takes two to spell go.

Sep 18, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3337 Puzzle No. 3337

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

Sep 16, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Fifteen Minutes of Fame Fifteen Minutes of Fame

In defense of a celebrity entry

Sep 11, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3336 Puzzle No. 3336

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

Sep 9, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Introducing Our Assistants Introducing Our Assistants

Of course we use computers!

Sep 4, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3335 Puzzle No. 3335

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

Sep 3, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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