I had the pleasure of meeting Jess Rucks in person at the recent American Crossword Puzzle Tournament held in Stamford, Connecticut. It's always a joy to meet crossword constructors in person!

That meaning change isn't a prerequisite for making a theme work, but it is especially satisfying when it does happen. Thank you, Noelle, for this enjoyable puzzle.

A math puzzle is a type of brain teaser that tests the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost ...

HERE'S MY TWO CENTS (5D: "If you ask me...") This is a great vertical grid spanner that crosses through all three of the horizontal theme answers. It occurs to me that "HERE'S MY TWO CENTS" could ...

HATED IT (13A: "Zero stars!") and GENERAL (15A: Four-star officer) I liked the fact that we went from zero to four stars in the same row of the puzzle. OZONE (24A: Gas in a layer of the atmosphere ...

Happy to get some dog representation in the puzzle for Olivia's dog ... (8 or 9 letters long), we took care while building this grid to make sure that the rest of the Down answers were shorter ...

A carpenter, working with a buzz saw, wishes to cut a wooden cube, three inches on a side, into 27 one-inch cubes. This can be easily done by making six cuts through the cube, keeping the pieces ...

FRANKFURT, April 10 (Reuters) - German grid firm Amprion will boost investments in its transmission networks to 36.4 billion euros ($40 billion) in the five years including 2029, it said on ...

How did Marie label the cube? The sides of the die must be labeled 0, 0, 0, 6, 6 and 6. There are 36 possible totals when rolling two dice. If the 12 sum values are all to have the same ...