Ben Zimmer

1 week ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Today’s puzzle is an 11x11 grid. Happy solving! Featured Clue31-Across: WHAT’D I MISSRead about it in Slate: After nearly a decade, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s follow-up to Hamilton is … this? Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword

3 weeks ago | languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | Ben Zimmer

« previous post | Posted by MIT Linguistics:Sad and momentous news has reached us of the passing of alum and former faculty member John R. Ross (PhD 1967) at the age of 87. Known to one and all as "Haj Ross", his dissertation and subsequent papers on syntax and related topics laid the groundwork for many — one might even say "most" — of the core research topics under central investigation today.

3 weeks ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Skip to the content Today’s puzzle is an 11x11 grid. Happy solving! Featured Clue2-Down: DIERead about it in Slate: No one ever thought they’d get famous playing Dungeons and Dragons. Then Matthew Mercer came along. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword

1 month ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Skip to the content At Least 50 Percent Bickering Featured Clue31-Across: DRINKINGRead about it in Slate: The boozy story of how we decided alcohol was a health boon in the ’90s—and how it all fell apart. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword

1 month ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Skip to the content Will Not Take the Jobs of Real Beards Featured Clue9-Down: DEIRead about it in Slate: Trump’s DEI crackdown is a smokescreen for something much more sinister. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword