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Today’s Games
Mini Crossword
The Mini Crossword: Friday, February 13, 2026
Bread for a shawarma sandwich: four letters.
By Andy Kravis
Shuffalo
Play Shuffalo: Friday, February 13, 2026
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
In Case You Missed It
Puzzles & Games Dept.
Play Laugh Lines No. 58: At the Grocery Store
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
By The New Yorker
The Mini Crossword: Thursday, February 12, 2026
“Justice League” director Zack: six letters.
By Kate Chin Park
Play Shuffalo: Thursday, February 12, 2026
More Fun and Games
Play a Name Drop Quiz from the Vault
Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues?
Play a Cryptic Crossword from the Vault
Can you crack our wiliest word puzzle?
More from The New Yorker
Open Questions
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
For aspiring writers, the rooms of literary figures—Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion—are talismanic sites. But the quest to find the ideal creative space is often self-defeating, Joshua Rothman writes.
By Joshua Rothman
Cartoons
Happy Presidents’ Day
Cartoons that hail to the chief.
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