Did you wake up this morning, coffee in hand, only to find a paywall blocking your daily New York Times mini crossword, instead of finding the answers to today's crossword? If you’re staring at your screen wondering if it’s a glitch — or just feeling ...

USA TODAY has launched a new digital hub called USA TODAY PLAY. The platform features puzzles, crosswords, games, horoscopes, and classic comics. A free version is available with ads. Or buy a subscription with ads. If chuckling over "Blondie" helps you ...

Finally, in this puzzle from May 27, every Across answer in this puzzle is thematic. It took the most time to make of any Mini this year, because of all of the constraints on the Down answers. But after a couple days of fruitless effort, I happened upon this configuration, much to my delight. — Joel Fagliano

All good things come to a paywall eventually. - NY Times Games / Mashable Photo Composite The internet is reeling from the bad news of the day: The popular Mini Crossword from the New York Times is no longer free. The beloved daily word game is now locked ...

Sure, the Mini Crossword only takes 1 or 2 minutes to solve, but the game matters to lots of people, including me. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys ...

Since the launch of the Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games. In 2014, we introduced the Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, Tiles, Wordle, Connections and more. We strive to ...

It’s easy to dismiss games as a distraction with all that's going on in the world today. Crossword puzzles, word searches, Sudoku — they might seem like frivolous pursuits compared to the stream of news, deadlines, and responsibilities that fill our life.