Before the end of this month the Guardian crosswords will have moved into the multi-media world

Hugh Stephenson explains why, though it's not broke, the crossword site is still being fixed.

John Graham speaks of his life and word as a crossword setter

The story of how cryptic crosswords crossed the Atlantic

After an interval, the alphabetical jigsaw puzzle is back

Did you know that some of Britain's Brightest (Young) Brains tackle the Quick crossword?

'Temporary' Genius arrangements explained and a lovely tale from Toronto, Canada

Hugh Stephenson celebrates the things that one learns in solving (and editing) crosswords

Hugh Stephenson: Last month again saw one of those instances where a word has a general meaning in common usage, as well as its technical one.

Hugh Stephenson: What a difference a little comma can make

Hugh Stephenson: It is wishful thinking to believe that there is only one 'correct' way to spell a word

Hugh Stephenson: There seems to be support for the view that, in certain circumstances, a koala can happily be called a koala bear.

Hugh Stephenson: When is a bear not a bear? When it's a koala bear

Hugh Stephenson: Experts don't like technical words and phrases being used out of context

Solvers seem to think that something has changed with the Quick crosswords. Hugh Stephenson wonders why

Hugh Stephenson: Trying to please all of the people all of the time

When do old conventions in cryptic clues become too dated and how soon can new words be accepted, asks Hugh Stephenson

Many words have specialised definitions but also have looser meanings used in common parlance (and in crosswords)

Was this a bloody mistake, or just another linguistic misunderstanding?

Hugh Stephenson: For over 55 years John Graham's puzzles entertained (and educated and informed) generations of Guardian solvers

C.P. Snow's Two Cultures continue to cause problems with word meanings in crosswords

Dictionaries are increasingly giving their seal of approval to the secondary popular meaning of specialised words.

New words are invented all the time and the meanings of old ones develop. How should crosswords keep up with these changes?