'Wall Street Journal' Expands Weekend Puzzles

By: E&P Staff The Wall Street Journal is expanding its puzzle offerings in the Weekend Edition with The Saturday Puzzle beginning Jan. 16.

The rotating lineup includes contributions from Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon of the Atlantic's Puzzler, who will do a cryptic crossword every four weeks; and Patrick Berry and Mike Shenk, who will create novelty word puzzles every two weeks. Shenk will also create an acrostic every four weeks.

"The Journal is already home to an outstanding Friday crossword, and readers will no doubt relish our new Saturday line-up of adventurous and addictive puzzles," Robert Thomson, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, said in a statement.

Readers will also have the ability to comment on individual puzzles on WSJ.com.