Sandy Dusel works on a 500-piece puzzle with her team, Barely Holding It Together, during the Puzzle Palooza competition at The Lodge at Ironwoods on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Leawood. Emily Curiel ...

When I speak about my fervent interest in jigsaw puzzles, a lot of people will reply “How do you find the time?” or “Wow, you must be bored.” Boredom has a little bit to do with it, and in times like ...

Blake Slonecker first tried to build a crossword puzzle after several years of solving them. It was harder than he expected. “It took me two weeks (and) many hours during those two weeks. I was an ...