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Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.

For his 30th birthday, Sandor Weisz hosted an unconventional party — a puzzle hunt. The only problem: No one could solve it. “It was a mess. It was not well done,” he said. “But my friends were really ...