Puzzles & Games

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

“How Stella Got Her Groove Back” star Bassett: six letters.

Breed of sheep known for its ultrafine wool: six letters.

The climber Pasang Lhamu, for one: six letters.

Brazilian soccer star with three FIFA World Cup wins: four letters.

“L.O.T.R.” volcano with an ominous name: six letters.

Fiona with roles in “Killing Eve,” “Andor,” and “True Detective: Night Country”: four letters.

Mister, in Mexico City: five letters.

Stephen Sondheim musical whose characters include John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald: nine letters.

“Sesame Street” character who wears a horizontally striped sweater: five letters.

“Laura” director Preminger’s palindromic first name: four letters.

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess the identities of these nine Oscar-winning actors, past and present?

Can you guess the identities of these nine Grammy nominees, past and present?

Can you guess the identities of nine people who made headlines this year?

Can you guess the identities of these seven titans of industry?

Can you guess the identities of these nine comedians?

An enigmatic tribute to the Broadway legend.

Fit last of coconut inside brown rum (7).

Mae West smuggles some farm animals (4).

Teaches Egyptian boy king essentials of Norse (6).

We’ve added some hints and explainers to make this puzzle a little less cryptic.