Yitzi Snow makes his New York Times Crossword debut. The New York Times has launched the Midi, a daily medium-size crossword.

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Longtime solvers become fluent in the syntax of crossword clues. There are the qualifiers after commas that indicate modern usage (“in slang,” say) or abbreviation (“for short,” for one). And when a ...

Think you’re smarter than the contestants? Test your brain with this fast-paced trivia and puzzle challenge packed with math ...