Edition: U.S. / Global

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Crosswords & Games

Premium Crosswords

Annual Subscription*
$39.95 Buy Now
Monthly Subscription*
$6.95 Buy Now
One Year Gift Subscription
$39.95 Buy Now

Subscription Includes:

  • Today's puzzle, available in Across Lite format or a print-friendly PDF
  • 5,000+ archival puzzles and solutions, including acrostics, cryptics and other specialty puzzles
  • Play against the Clock: Time yourself and see how you stack up
  • Play with a friend!: Collaborate in real-time to solve with a friend
  • Online-only monthly bonus puzzles
  • Classic Puzzle Challenge: Challenge a friend, or yourself, to solve legendary puzzles from the archive.

Frequently Asked Questions »

* Annual and monthly subscriptions are automatically renewed. Standard U.S. tax rates will apply and international rates may vary.

Sunday Puzzles

You can now download and print the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine free online.

Look below for links to this week’s puzzle as well as answers to last week’s.

Classic Puzzle From the Archive

Enjoy this weekly puzzle from our online archive, updated every Monday.

Interactive Feature: Total Recall

Test your memorization skills with games from the World Memory Championship.

Interactive Feature: Science Times Crossword

A “Wednesday” level crossword edited by Will Shortz, The New York Times puzzle editor, on social scientists.

Play KENKEN

Play what Will Shortz calls “the most addictive puzzle since Sudoku.” Exclusively on NYTimes.com, new puzzles daily.

SET Puzzle

Play SET! The popular card game of visual perception is now available on NYTimes.com. Four daily puzzles.

Sudoku

Solve a daily sudoku puzzle that matches your level of expertise.

A World Title Match Without the Best Players

Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand will square off next week in the world championship match, although neither is at the top of the world rankings.

City Room

From the 'Broncs' to 'Coney,' New York as a Scrabble Board

The city is rife with playable Scrabble words, like queens, manhattan and yanquis. Help us collect more New York-related Scrabble words.

More Chess News

Chess Coach to Leave Texas Tech With Her Team’s Best in Tow

Susan Polgar and her institute are moving to Webster University in St. Louis because of funding issues, she said. The grandmaster’s top 10 players are also switching schools.

Bridge

World Mind Sports Games Quarterfinals

At the trial to select the U.S. open team for the World Mind Sports Games in August, the 120-board quarterfinals were played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Have Board, Will Hustle. Your Move.

A small army of hustlers scratch out a living by playing chess in New York City.

A View of a Chess Genius

The photographer Harry Benson befriended the eccentric American chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1971. A book with Mr. Benson’s photographs of Mr. Fischer is being released this month.

Crosswords for Mobile Devices

New York Times crosswords are now available for iPhone, BlackBerry and other devices.

Times Topics

Crossword Puzzles

Five free Times crossword puzzles, links to Web resources and more.

MAC OSX LION USERS

If you are a Mac OSX user, please update your Across Lite version to 2.1. A free download is available here: http://www.litsoft.com/across/alite/download/