Published in the print edition of the July 28, 1997, issue, with the headline “The Cryptic Crossword: No. 8.” Trip Payne is a senior editor of the app Crosswords with Friends. His first ...

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Subscribers can find explanations of the original puzzle’s answers in our archive. Published in the print edition of the October 12, 1998, issue, with the headline “The Cryptic Crossword ...

Nancy Sibtain’s 35-year cryptic crossword-creating career started from having a bee in her bonnet. The avid fan and daily practitioner of the sophisticated puzzles found herself critiquing them.