Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from listener Jim Bricker, of Wayland, Mass. Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five ...

People – many don’t like the LA times crossword puzzle which replaced the 2 puzzles the Star published daily for years. I’m so grateful the Star heard us and returned 1 of the 2 puzzles that had been ...

On-air Challenge: Every answer today is a word or name that sounds like it starts with two spoken letters of the alphabet. Example: Wanting what other people have --> ENVIOUS (N-V-ous) 1. Place for ...

Last month, I sent a letter in support of Planned Parenthood that was not published. In the weeks before and since, numerous letters were published in opposition to Planned Parenthood. I would hope ...

The word logic comes from Greek lógos, where it meant both “reasoning” and “word.” The Greeks were clearly aware of the relation between logic and language, coining the perfect term for it. So, in a ...

Rebuses are crossword elements where solvers are asked to write multiple letters in the same square. Here’s how to do that on your devices. By Deb Amlen Some solvers love them, some solvers hate them, ...