The Plexers word puzzle by Thomas Lester of Zephyr Cove, Nev., is ceasing publication by the end of December. Lester is retiring the puzzle for newspapers. Plexers has been a popular puzzle in The ...

A former Butte man and co-creator of the “ Plexers” word game series said his puzzles do just that: They dis courage convergent thinking, or thinking in a certain way about something ...