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New York Times ends third party app access to its crossword puzzles Aug 02, 2021, 10:47 PM The New York Times is known for its motto, "All the news that's fit to print." It also is known for having arguably the most difficult crossword puzzle printed in any newspaper. The Times announced on Monday that starting on August 10th it will no longer make its crossword puzzle available to third-party apps. Previously, New York Times crossword fans could access the puzzle using the .puz format on the Across Lite platform. A message written by editor Everdeen Mason explains that "starting Aug. 10, we ...

A Rare Find Johan Vass tilts toward genius in his enchanting Times crossword debut. Temporary tattoos, no pinpricks required: Sana Naeem’s hands, decorated with henna, at one of her wedding receptions in 2015.Credit...Max Whittaker for The New York Times April 17, 2021, 6:00 p.m. ET SUNDAY PUZZLE — A rare find, indeed! We meet a new constructor today from Sweden, a restaurant worker who hasn’t yet visited the United States, although he has been solving American crossword puzzles for some time (speed-solving, I should say, with a Sunday personal best time of 10:36). This is according to ...

Sealed With a Kiss Lisa Bunker constructs a love letter of a Sunday puzzle. Wisps and swirls of clouds over the ocean, somewhere between Sanya, China, and Auckland, New Zealand, in 2015. You might see the top of a heart, slightly to the right of center in the sky.Credit...Sam Greenfield/Dongfeng Race Team, via Volvo Ocean Race, via Getty Images Feb. 13, 2021 SUNDAY PUZZLE — Lisa Bunker, who makes her Sunday debut with this idiosyncratic construction, is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representative and an author with two published young adult novels, “Zenobia July” and “Felix ...

Double Crossed Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper team up for a wild and woolly Sunday puzzle. Students at Montana State University’s sheep shearing school learning how to place sheep in relaxing positions so they don’t have a bad experience.Credit...Janie Osborne for The New York Times Jan. 16, 2021 SUNDAY PUZZLE — We go way back, almost a decade, with Tracy Gray on Sundays (who often teams up with Jeff Chen). Today I thought she had brought along an ingénue, but I just skip too many weekday puzzles — Tom Pepper’s been around. The two constructors met at a crossword tournament a while ago,...