The New Yorker Crossword

About The New Yorker Crossword

The New Yorker started publishing crosswords online in 2018. Today the puzzles live on the magazine’s site, where each one is dated and solved in the browser.

The week has a set shape. Monday brings a challenging full-size grid, Tuesday a moderately hard one and Wednesday a beginner-friendly one. On Thursday and Friday the magazine runs the Mini Crossword: Thursday’s is a little larger and trickier, Friday’s is small and quick. The full-size puzzles are usually themeless, with an occasional themed grid for special issues.

Because the difficulty steps down through the week, you can pick your day: Wednesday and Friday suit newer solvers, Monday suits people who want a fight. The cryptic crossword that used to run on Sundays has stopped, but the archive of past cryptics is still on the site.

Puzzles from the last seven days are free to play. Older puzzles in the archive are for subscribers.

How to play The New Yorker Crossword

1. Open the crossword page and choose today’s puzzle from the dated list.
2. Click a square or a clue to select an entry.
3. Type your answer; the cursor moves along the word.
4. Switch between across and down clues to work the crossings.
5. Fill every square correctly to finish the grid.

Tips

• Start the week with Wednesday’s beginner-friendly grid if Monday’s feels too hard.
• Fill in short crossing answers first; they give letters for the long ones.
• Solve within a week of publication to play without a subscription.
• On a phone, The New Yorker recommends using its app.

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