For those who’re like us, nestled someplace in your listing of unattainable resolutions is probably essentially the most daunting of all: Grasp the artwork of the crossword. Begin the brand new yr with the problem of our first puzzle, with appearances by Maus, Leonardo da Vinci, Pantone’s divisive colour of the yr, and our personal Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian. What number of artwork crosswords will you full in 2025?
Natan Final’s essays, poetry, and crossword puzzles seem in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Narrative, Los Angeles Evaluate of Books, and elsewhere. He’s at present writing a nonfiction guide about crosswords.
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