In this episode Kim talks to Adrienne Raphel about crossword puzzles. For lots more about crosswords, check out Adrienne’s bookThinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them(Penguin Random House, 2021) For some of the historical puzzles she mentions in the episode, Adrienne recommendsThe Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles from Then and Nowby Ben Tausig. If you’re inspired to start doing crosswords and looking for some guidance, she suggests theNew York Timesguide: “How to Solve The New York Times Crossword.” For more on cryptic crosswords, check out Stephen Sondheim’s article “How to Do a Real Crossword Puzzle.”New York Magazine(April 1968). Also on cryptics, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon’s bookThe Random House Guide to Cryptic Crosswords(Random House, 2003) is out of print but very good. And thecrossword bloginThe Guardianhas lots of cryptic crosswords too. Adrienne is a poet, scholar, andlecturerin the Prin...