The Crossword: Monday, August 4, 2025
A challenging puzzle.
Anna Shechtman is an assistant professor of literature at Cornell, an editor-at-large at the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the author of “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
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Virtual Togetherness Through Partner Crosswords
Social dynamics of the crossworld, a crossword meet-cute, and other ways to puzzle with friends while social distancing.
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