Word Salad

Meta Physician Meta Physician

A weekly puzzle challenge for the ambitious

Jun 5, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Critical Theory Critical Theory

Other sides of a coin

May 22, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Critical Condition Critical Condition

Taking the measure of crossword commenters

May 15, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

How Hard Can It Be? How Hard Can It Be?

Rating the Nation puzzle for difficulty

May 8, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Take Five Take Five

Big word-game fun!

May 1, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

And the Lits Keep on Coming! And the Lits Keep on Coming!

The wordplay is the definition. And vice versa.

Apr 24, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

On Beauty On Beauty

A crossword puzzle is a joy forever.

Apr 17, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Sam Who? Sam Who?

When a puzzle entry is an unknown

Apr 10, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Parsimony Parsimony

The definition in a cryptic clue should be as long as necessary—and no longer 

Apr 3, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

More is More More is More

Sometimes, we just can't get enough

Mar 27, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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