Writing crossword puzzles is way harder than solving them, says Aimee Lucido, a Berkeley author who knows. Not only is she an avid puzzle solver, she writes about 30 puzzles a year.

How to Make a “Fair” Crossword Puzzle. Crossword creator Anna Shechtman discusses the work that goes into puzzle-making for outlets like the New York Times and the New Yorker.

Here are the tips and tricks to make you an ace crossword puzzle solver. Sit back, put on your thinking cap, and get solving! 1 / 13. im_coco/Shutterstock. Use a pencil.

Thinking back to his first crossword puzzle submission to The New York Times when he was 17, Tom McCoy cringes. The theme centered on the board game Clue, he recalls. "The theme of it wasn't very ...

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