NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WERN listener Bob Jahn of Blue Mounds, ...

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Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well ...

WHO'S YOUR FRIEND WHO LIKES TO PLAY? (Freestyle): Since this is a freestyle puzzle, there's no theme today. As mentioned above, the title is a reference to BING BONG (34D: "Inside Out" imaginary ...

Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. Play the USA TODAY Crossword Puzzle. Play the USA TODAY ...

Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. Play the USA TODAY Crossword Puzzle. Play the USA TODAY ...

Jared: This was my first time co-creating a USA Today puzzle, and it was a ton of fun! Amanda is wonderful to work with. I pitched her the theme (inspired by the song “Fine” from Ordinary Days ...

Theoretically at least, every day from Sunday on gets a bit trickier, so today’s Mini is ostensibly the second hardest of the week. We’ll see if that’s the case with today’s puzzle.