Slate Crossword: Word After “Navy” or “Trained” (Four Letters) Chandi Deitmer
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for March 21, 2025.
Hundreds of Thousands of People Submitted Their Pets to Be Named America’s Best. Some Are Furious About What Happened Afterward. Luke Winkie
Doe-eyed cats. Tongue-lolling dogs. Legions of pissed-off humans. What gives?
Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Features Director? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz. Ray Hamel
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
Slate Mini Crossword for March 21, 2025 Quiara Vasquez
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
The Severance Finale Ends With a Big Twist. It’s Where the Show Was Always Going. Sam Adams
There’s more than one reason the season had to end like that. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/69d1e182-0770-40a4-a028-9a1ce2f69fc4.jpeg?crop=2400%2C1600%2Cx720%2Cy0" title="The Severance Finale Ends With a Big Twist. It’s Where the Show Was Always Going.” />
I Love My Sister But I Don’t Like Her. Help! Kristen Meinzer
The host of The Stacks, a literary podcast, joins guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer.
All the Revelations in Severance’s Supersize Finale, Explained Alex Kirshner
“Cold Harbor” seemed to confirm some major fan theories—but major questions still remain. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/5b974bb1-c563-4ab4-8583-a601e12c2d17.jpeg?crop=6000%2C4000%2Cx0%2Cy0" title="All the Revelations in Severance’s Supersize Finale, Explained” />
This Is One of the Most Important TV Episodes of the Year David Mack
I had been dreading The Pitt’s foreshadowed mass-shooting episode. But it’s a vital watch.
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Happy Face Ellin Stein
Paramount+ has taken quite a few liberties with the real-life story of a woman coming to terms with her serial-killer father. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/64f8152b-8b57-4be5-a66a-280744e53e08.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0" title="What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Happy…
The Constitutional Line Has Been Crossed David Plotz, Ruth Marcus, and John Dickerson
And the judges aren’t too happy about it.