Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Nation Puzzlers

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto are The Nation’s puzzlers. To read more about Kosman, click here. To read more about Picciotto, click here.

Kosman and Picciotto explain what they’re up to in “Solving The Nation’s Cryptic Crosswords” (also available as a PDF).

Check out The Nation’s Current Issue page each week for the latest puzzle.

Puzzle No. 3450

Puzzle No. 3450 Puzzle No. 3450

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. For over a decade, Oxford University Press has asked its staff and online community to help it choose a Place of the Year. Pa…

Nov 30, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3449

Puzzle No. 3449 Puzzle No. 3449

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 It rules 27 in disarray (7,5)  9 Mostly, talk and smile in embarrassment (7) 10 Massachusetts college included in c…

Nov 16, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3448

Puzzle No. 3448 Puzzle No. 3448

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Flawless piano (upright) rings loudly (7)  5 Claimed organization makes a kind of point (7)  9 Pushed the original…

Nov 2, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3447

Puzzle No. 3447 Puzzle No. 3447

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Suffering doubt, I offer more money (6)  5 Enchanting and unusual claim involving silver (7) 10 Mathematician’s rel…

Oct 26, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3446

Puzzle No. 3446 Puzzle No. 3446

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Crashed into pieces, reusing some that might be extra sharp (7,6)  9 Awkward, short quarrel (5) 10 Sign of island c…

Oct 19, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3445

Puzzle No. 3445 Puzzle No. 3445

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Loud birds: a tweeter and a Western cuckoo at savannah’s edge (9,5)  9 Superb location to hold a bunch of parties (…

Oct 11, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3444

Puzzle No. 3444 Puzzle No. 3444

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Comic Louis wearing extremely meager support for the spine (8)  5 Much obliged, Eliot hugs Williams (6)  9 In Miami…

Oct 5, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3443

Puzzle No. 3443 Puzzle No. 3443

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  Novel written by Venus de Milo? (1,8,2,4)  9 Charges a duty for the speaker (7) 10 Nation is the first to be…

Sep 28, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3442

Puzzle No. 3442 Puzzle No. 3442

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Stare in hole and see, at last (4)  3 Unexpected visitor with a stated objective: Get smoked salmon off the premise…

Sep 21, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Puzzle No. 3441

Puzzle No. 3441 Puzzle No. 3441

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Making progress or making a bust? (7,5)  9 Failure leads us into genuine rejection (7) 10 1,000 + 0 = 10 (just add…

Sep 7, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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