Stella Zawistowski

Stella Zawistowski

Stella Zawistowski is one of the fastest crossword solvers in America, with multiple top-ten finishes at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and a New York Times: Sunday personal record of 4 minutes, 33 seconds. She has constructed crosswords for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

Articles by Stella Zawistowski

A circular yellow T cell with yellow and blue receptors.

Science Crossword Puzzle

Image of a woman in a microbiology lab whose hair is caught on fire from a Bunsen burner.

Science Crossword Puzzle

March 2025 Crossword

Cancer Culture

March 2025 Crossword

March 2025 Interactive Crossword Puzzle

Morula, a solid ball of cells resulting from division of a fertilized ovum

Science Crossword Puzzle

3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.

Science Crossword Puzzle

A black snake encircled with pattens of red and yellow spots, curled up against a black background.

Science Crossword Puzzle

December 2024 crossword

Invisible and Invaluable

December 2024 crossword

December 2024 Interactive Crossword Puzzle

<em>The Scientist</em> December crossword puzzle

Science Crossword Puzzle

A person works with their sourdough starter in the kitchen.

Science Crossword Puzzle

Researchers at the University of Arizona developed a pH-responsive probe that activated in the basic environment (purple) of the larval midgut and bound to gut proteins.

Science Crossword Puzzle

September 2024 crossword image

Nuts for Neuroscience

September 2024 crossword image

September 2024 Interactive Crossword Puzzle

Photo of the Capitol Building in Washington DC.

Science Crossword Puzzle

May digest 2025 cover
May 2025, Issue 1

Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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