The New York Times Mini Crossword loves related clues, just like the big crossword puzzle does. Example: a recent Mini ...

LIVE SETS (7D: Tiny Desk concerts, for example) BACK STORY ... Or perhaps I will just stick to blogging about the crossword puzzle. Thank you, Darby, for this excellent puzzle.

The NYT Mini Crossword creators love to put some very similar words next to each other. Check out 6-Across and 7-Across for an example of what I mean. Today's puzzle wasn't super difficult ...

Ryan Judge’s puzzle invites solvers ... They’ve been in the Crossword a few times before, with similarly wry cluing ([Delectable made with grass], for example). 49A. This clue confused me ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. OLD (49A ... LIVE SETS (7D: Tiny Desk concerts, for example) BACK STORY: The BACK word of each theme answer can be paired with the word STORY to form ...

This is an example of a theme that requires the solver ... Thank you, Rebecca, for this delightful puzzle.