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.

Cryptic Royalty Cryptic Royalty

About the queen and king of US cryptic crosswords

Sep 12, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3294 Puzzle No. 3294

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

Sep 10, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Grammatical Strictures Grammatical Strictures

On the grammar and syntax of cryptic clues

Sep 5, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3293 Puzzle No. 3293

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

Sep 4, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

More Unique? More Unique?

Further thoughts on ambiguity in cryptic clues

Aug 29, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3292 Puzzle No. 3292

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

Aug 27, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Fairly Unique? Fairly Unique?

Should every cryptic clue have a unique solution?

Aug 15, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3291 Puzzle No. 3291

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

Aug 13, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Incomplete Wordplay Incomplete Wordplay

A helpful technique for dealing with long theme entries

Aug 1, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3290 Puzzle No. 3290

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

Jul 31, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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