Sam Ezersky submits a scramble for our approval. By Caitlin Lovinger PUNS AND ANAGRAMS — This is Sam Ezersky’s ninth crack at a Puns and Anagrams crossword, which solvers refer to as a “PandA” for ...

As is well known, anagrams are ancient. Today, we see them as an interesting genre of wordplay. But they were hardly perceived as such in the past, and to an extent even today. Anagrams of people’s ...

Since antiquity, we have been fascinated by a seemingly simple verbal mind game: Can the letters in a word be rearranged to produce another word that reveals a meaning hidden in the original word?

PUNS AND ANAGRAMS TOASTED CONSUELO ABODE MARINE ONTHEAIR ODESSA OTHERS SURE RUT LIEN MANE SORE ENG TEALS SABER REOPENS TOPLESS EXIT ARIA COMRADE BANDANA AMAIN ROLLS COR NEIL DELE DOVE ALL LODI ICONIC ...