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. 3500

Puzzle No. 3500 Puzzle No. 3500

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Alert: Spanish uncle vanished with slip of the lip over my dead body (3,2,1,3,4,2)  9 Fed reorganized, amid loud ca…

May 16, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3499

Puzzle No. 3499 Puzzle No. 3499

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 and 4A The French woman is skeptical about the French attorney’s pairs, four of which are displayed in this diagram…

May 2, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3498

Puzzle No. 3498 Puzzle No. 3498

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Eggs without salt for one possibly destined to be a queen (4)  3 Prince sat uneasily with hankering to hold gun (10…

Apr 25, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3497

Puzzle No. 3497 Puzzle No. 3497

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Antique bicycle in famous lane with distant object (5-8)  9 Old vessel swapping adjacent components with one gettin…

Apr 18, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3496

Puzzle No. 3496 Puzzle No. 3496

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Curry specialty: pintos, cooked and spicy (5,4)  6 Flip about knight (one getting out of bed) (5)  9 Progressive, s…

Apr 11, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3495

Puzzle No. 3495 Puzzle No. 3495

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Actress putting lettuce in canned stew (7,6)  9 Phosphorus and others make up part of a flower (5) 10 TV personalit…

Apr 4, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3494

Puzzle No. 3494 Puzzle No. 3494

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Hold down a soda (lawyer’s drink) (4,6)  6 Close to the target with gun, perhaps (4)  9 Covered in oddly sour wine…

Mar 28, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3493

Puzzle No. 3493 Puzzle No. 3493

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Member of the aristocracy! (8) –  5 Note in tub is an inspiration (6) 10 Chief of Loyola University caught in…

Mar 21, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3492

Puzzle No. 3492 Puzzle No. 3492

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Fixed place of exile, with blanket resistance I repelled (11)  7, 27D, 28, and 1D Academic in England or Massachuse…

Mar 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3491

Puzzle No. 3491 Puzzle No. 3491

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 19th-century novelist spewing hot air galore (7,5)  9 Shift imprecise red states’ boundaries (5) 10 Bill and I empt…

Mar 7, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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