Wave off the automatic associations to iPod commercials and shadow puppetry, because the human silhouettes in this puzzle ...

Shaded or circled squares are a surefire sign of theme material. Mr. Ewbank likes us so much that he’s given us both.

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 ...

28A. UNIX is the [Computer operating system developed by Bell Labs]. It’s one of the many technologies Bell came up with at ...

There are two revealers for this theme, and each pertains to a different set of clues. The effect is fabulous once it all ...

Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walker’s collaboration will cheer you up.

At 103-Across, [ Moses Parting the Red Sea] solves to another work of fiction, “THE PRINCE OF TIDES” by Pat Conroy, a book about the struggles of a family from the lowlands of South Carolina. Its ...

15A. This is a debut entry in the Crossword: The [Film subgenre exemplified by “The Thing” or “The Fly”] is BODY HORROR, a term coined in the 1980s, though examples of the style date back to early ...

Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan are here to make friends. By Sam Corbin Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — During a recent cleaning-out of my inbox, I noticed that I tend to address ...

The clue at 21A, [🕘⏳⏰ ], shows us pictures of clocks. We might refer to these as SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The hand signs [🤙👏👋] at 39A are SYMBOLIC GESTURES. And at 57A, [💬🗣️🗯️] gives us three ...

Kate Hawkins opens our solving weekend. By Elie Levine FRIDAY PUZZLE — This is Kate Hawkins’s 17th crossword for The New York Times. As my colleague Deb Amlen pointed out, Ms. Hawkins has created ...