THE PUZZLE BROTHERS

The 30th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is scheduled for March 23-25, 2007. Our calendar is already marked in ink.

Patrick Creadon's incredible documentary "Wordplay" is a selection for this year's Tribeca Film Festival, set to begin nex...

We start a new feature here after a week or so off for vacation, and that's the "Add of the Day", where we take a word that is...

Amy Reynaldo and Trip Payne didn't win this thing, either. And they're as hacked off as we are.

Don't even bother. They have their winner, and I am guessing that the winner probably figured out what would be the most cutesy-pie corr...

The Puzzle Brothers will be represented in the July Games after a bit of while off, with my first appearance in the magazine. The puzzle wil...

It appears that there is no clear winner yet in the Starbucks Coffehouse Crossword Challenge, with reports from several bloggers and their t...

The most salient feature in the Monday Times puzzle is the use of the word SCUMBAG as one of the longer Down entries. There's been a lot...

Here's a little article about Merl Reagle, from whom I still have a fresh, undone AARP puzzle sitting on my desk to do. I doubt I would ...

The April 2 puzzle is "OO-EE" by your obedient humble Puzzle Brothers!

If you are registered at the NYT and have a subscription to the puzzles, please be sure and do today's puzzle, which was constructed by ...

March 31, 2006 Sun Puzzle - Wacky Weekend Warrior by Trip Payne

TWO-FER TYLER Puzzle Brothers Both Take Home Trophies; Ken Jennings Wins C and Rookie Crowns It's over in Stamford, where the 29th Ameri...

And here we go with the A Division. Ellen starts first, then Tyler and Kiran start together three seconds later. This should be an exciting ...

The room is still abuzz with Ken's C Division win. "Let's see him win 75 of these in a row," quipped Will Shortz. Ken is a...

Ken Jennings already has a quarter of the puzzle filled in after about a minute. Some dip left a cell phone on; fortunately our competitiors...

Here we go at the finals! The grids are up and the room is filled with anticipation. In case you don't know how it works, the same grid ...

What defines a Sunday in Stamford during Tournament Week? The buffet breakfast? Seeing how many sleep-deprived zombies (Vic Fleming, Stan Ne...

I am STOKED! I just finished the seventh puzzle, a very clever 21 by one of my favorite constructors (and one of the stars of the movie ...

After another interesting night of hilarious late night game playing, I dragged into bed at a little after 3:07 a.m. last evening. Bob has a...