Ben Zimmer

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Today’s puzzle is an 11x11 grid. Happy solving! Featured Clue2-Down: BEYONCÉRead about it in Slate: Cowboy Carter is the singer’s most eclectic album yet—and her response to country music’s gatekeepers. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Ben Zimmer

Skip to the content Today’s puzzle is a 15x15 grid. Happy solving! Featured Clue46-Across: TWITCH STREAMERSRead about it in Slate: Teens are taking slang from Twitch streams to the schoolyard. It’s reshaping the way that they connect with each other and the world. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword

4 weeks 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

1 month 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.

1 month 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