Today’s theme: 2025 in poetry.

December 26, 2025

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Kate Chin Park is an associate puzzles-and-games editor at The New Yorker.

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Video

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Virtual Togetherness Through Partner Crosswords

](https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/virtual-togetherness-through-partner-crosswords)

Social dynamics of the crossworld, a crossword meet-cute, and other ways to puzzle with friends while social distancing.

Laugh Lines

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Laugh Lines No. 49: Magic

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/laugh-lines/no-49#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Shuffalo

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Shuffalo: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Shuffalo

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Shuffalo: Tuesday, December 2, 2025

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/02#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Laugh Lines

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Laugh Lines No. 51: Holidays, Part 2

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/laugh-lines/no-51#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Shuffalo

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Shuffalo: Wednesday, December 3, 2025

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/03#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Shuffalo

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Shuffalo: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/16#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Shuffalo

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Shuffalo: Monday, December 1, 2025

](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/01#intcid=_the-new-yorker-article-bottom-recirc_97e8c28a-ddd6-4a48-8e44-a3af995fa149_roberta-similarity1)

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?