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A satisfying puzzle break: What’s a four-letter word for “Those who often hear a siren song”? Treat your brain to some delightful wordplay in today’s crossword.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
What follows are flights of wordplay, jokes, tragedies and rhymes “meant to be spoken aloud, as a form of conjuring back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It is interesting how this euphemism in particular has gained such widespread use, though of course the practice of wordplay is really anything but new.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Despite this, Wardle and a team of collaborators recently launched Parseword, a wordplay game inspired by Wardle's attempts to get to grips with cryptic crossword puzzles.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
You’d make it perfectly literal, without any wordplay or comedy that would confuse preschoolers.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
But the Empress won’t turn away wordplays that use the same word with different meanings.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017
Still running — deadline Monday night, July 6: Our contest for wordplays on foreign terms.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2015
When in doubt, make tragic wordplays and drench them with alliteration.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2013
Turning to the news media, the psychic said the tabloids would run out of obvious wordplays on Cathleen P. Black’s surname.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2010
Ford's choice of Dole as Republican Vice-Presidential candidate inspired assorted wordplays.
From Time Magazine Archive
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