Puzzles & Games

A beginner-friendly puzzle.

2015 Ottessa Moshfegh novel with a 2023 film adaptation: six letters.

Singer with the 2016 album “Puberty 2”: six letters.

Reptile that uses its forked tongue to smell: five letters.

A moderately challenging puzzle.

Foster who starred in “True Detective: Night Country”: five letters.

Spelling competition: three letters.

Wintry precipitation: five letters.

Key ingredient in cortados and cappuccinos: eight letters.

Today’s theme: Iconography.

Can you guess the identities of these nine Oscar-winning actors, past and present?

Can you guess the identities of these nine Grammy nominees, past and present?

Can you guess the identities of nine people who made headlines this year?

Can you guess the identities of these seven titans of industry?

Can you guess the identities of these nine comedians?

Fit last of coconut inside brown rum (7).

Mae West smuggles some farm animals (4).

Teaches Egyptian boy king essentials of Norse (6).

We’ve added some hints and explainers to make this puzzle a little less cryptic.

We’ve added some hints to make this puzzle a little less cryptic.