#Nyt crosswords interactive download

We'd love to continue supporting the NYT Crossword, but it's currently out of our hands. We did it because we knew years ago that solvers switching to digital was inevitable (and we were clearly right), we believe that the best crossword should be available in the best app, we felt that solvers deserved to get the puzzle as intended by the editors, and that 'a rising tide floats all boats.' The Times, not Puzzazz, made money from every subscriber who solved in Puzzazz. We have never received any revenue from doing this - in fact, it costs us money every year.

It's a wonderful puzzle which isn't presented properly in the Times' own app, where the grid is misnumbered, there are extraneous clues, other clues look wrong, and highlighting is done in a way that will be confusing to solvers. The recent Sunday crossword from August 8th is a perfect example of this. We can take (and are happy to take!) the puzzle in absolutely any format they already have available.įor years, we have been proud to support the NYT crossword in Puzzazz, as the only app on any platform to deliver the print edition of the puzzle, as it was produced by Will Shortz and the Times editorial team. We've reached out to the Times and made it clear that we don't need a. The Times has said they're doing this to save the editorial team the time necessary to create the. puz files, which affects all non- Times apps.

#Nyt crosswords interactive download

While they have framed this as no longer supporting the Across Lite program, they have removed the ability for any app to download any. Unfortunately, the New York Times has removed the ability for Puzzazz to download the puzzles in your subscription. We know a lot of you rely on Puzzazz to solve the NYT crossword, and that you love how we faithfully present the newspaper version of the puzzle every day, something even the NYT's own app doesn't do.