As a kid I loved doing puzzles with my father, especially around the holidays. We would get a giant jigsaw — usually an old-timey Christmas image filled with people ice-skating and horse-drawn ...

Some of the most devoted hobbyists are willing to shell out big bucks for what one called “a couture puzzle.” “The return of analog is, I believe, the recognition that the simple and well-made can ...

Chris Danner can’t remember the first time he completed an Elms Puzzle. But he easily recalls the ones that “really blew me away” as a child, like an over 800-piece set he remembers illustrated with a ...

Once upon a time, all jigsaw puzzles were made of wood and cut by hand – hence “jigsaw” – but that was before pressing puzzle pieces from cardboard became technologically feasible - and much cheaper.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you are one of the millions of people who suddenly went puzzle-crazy during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, then you may have heard of Liberty Puzzles, a ...

There are jigsaw puzzle nights at coffee shops and libraries. Puzzle groups and puzzle games online. Hand-cut wooden puzzles that cost thousands of dollars. And puzzle designs that range from edgy, ...

Alongside the usual Dixieland jazz on vinyl and popping bottles of bubbly at the Loubud Wines tasting room, there’s a new soundtrack in El Paseo’s courtyard: the low hum of a scroll saw slicing ...

Christine Murphy thinks she has a problem. The 42-year-old grant writer and novelist has more than 150 puzzles in her collection at home in Portland, Maine, approximately 50 of which are hand-cut ...