Will solving Sudoku help stave off Alzheimer's? It makes sense in theory, but there are many variables and results are almost ...

Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe ... As for exercising the mind, crossword puzzles and Sudoku are all fine and good, but they aren’t the ...

You can play the current day's Mini Crossword for free, but you'll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.

Dave Coulier has been diagnosed with cancer. The "Full House" star, 65, said he was recently diagnosed with stage 3 ...

Milwaukee Art Museum's MAM After Dark series, which transforms the museum into a swinging creative soiree one Friday a month, ...

there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and ...

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 ...

We will review already submitted puzzles during that period, so you may still hear from us while submissions are closed. A New York Times crossword ... or inferable to people who don’t speak ...

and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978). Will sold his first puzzle professionally when he was 14 — to Venture, a denominational youth magazine.

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It also inspired numerous academic researchers to explore whether cognitive training really can make people smarter and ... and behaviors — like doing crossword puzzles, playing board games ...