I don’t, and that’s kind of funny since I am from India, which is often known as the land of spices. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Spice that tastes like licorice,” tests your knowledge of spices used in different delicacies and drinks all over the world. Rec...
Butts created a game during the Depression where lettered tiles were assigned points on a crossword puzzle-style grid. Butts came up with names for the game like CrissCross Words and Lexiko before licensing the idea to James Brunot, who called it Scrabble. Sales were fairly abysmal at first...