Crossword (Masque Publishing)

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A full-size 15x15 crossword each day, free on Yahoo Games.

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The Crossword title in red and blue tiles laid across a printed crossword grid on a table, with a pencil, eraser and a cup of coffee

Masque Publishing's Crossword is the full-size daily crossword on Yahoo Games. Each day brings one titled 15x15 grid with American-style clues, timed from the moment you start, and a date picker keeps about a month of past puzzles to catch up on.

About Crossword (Masque Publishing)

Crossword is a free browser crossword from Masque Publishing, the studio behind many of the classic card and puzzle games on Yahoo Games. It runs on desktop and phone without an account.

Each day has one new puzzle, the same for everyone, and each carries a short title. The grids are standard 15x15 American crosswords with black squares in rotational symmetry, and the clues mix general knowledge, wordplay, pop culture and fill-in-the-blank quotes, the kind a regular newspaper solver will recognise.

When you open a puzzle, a timer starts; you can skip a clue and come back to it. The puzzle selector shows the recent days, so a missed puzzle stays playable for about a month, and finished puzzles are marked.

It suits players who want a full-size daily crossword without a subscription, and fits next to the Yahoo Mini for a longer solve.

How to play Crossword (Masque Publishing)

Open Crossword on Yahoo Games and pick today's date in the puzzle selector.
Select a square or a clue; the matching entry in the grid is highlighted.
Type your answer, one letter per square; crossing words share letters.
Skip a clue you cannot get yet and come back once crossings fill in.
Fill every square correctly to finish; the timer shows how long it took.

Screenshots

The words CROSS and WORD crossing over a numbered crossword grid with a green pencil

Tips

Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues: they are usually the quickest gets.
Short three- and four-letter answers repeat often in American crosswords; learning them speeds up every grid.
A clue ending in a question mark signals wordplay rather than a straight definition.