Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today.

Jigsaw puzzles were traditionally made by painting a picture on a flat piece of wood. A woodworker would then use a jigsaw to cut the board into smaller pieces. The puzzles became a commercial pastime ...

Everything you need to know about this year’s special print puzzle section. By New York Times Games This month’s grid is a collaboration between Ken Burns, a documentarian, and Christina Iverson, a ...

Narrator: A $10 puzzle can keep you busy for 10 to 15 hours. Nagendra Raina: It's yoga for your mind. Narrator: And all 3 million puzzles in this factory could mean 45 million hours of staying busy.

When puzzles were first invented, they were made out of wood, and carpenters used jigsaws to cut the pieces (which explains how they got their name). Perhaps that’s why it feels so good when you put a ...

Let’s test how well you’d fare on a crossword puzzle. Six letters: “Distinctive features of Marcus Garvey’s helmet.” Seven letters: “Online magazine co-founded by Henry Louis Gates Jr.” Nine letters: ...