Our puzzle editors and Wordplay columnists share their favorite new entries to the New York Times Crossword this year.

The first Strands puzzle of 2025 is a challenging one, and even some long-time players will need some help with this one.

The New York Times Games Connections is back in 2025, starting off this new year with a challenging new puzzle to ponder over ...

The final Strands puzzle of the year is here, and it is also the first Strands puzzle to fall on New Years' Eve, so it might ...

65A. A “partner clue” is one in which a word in the clue can be partnered with the answer to create a familiar phrase that is ...

It's time for the very last New York Times Games Connections of 2024, and you should bring in 2025 with this challenging ...

By Everdeen Mason We celebrated Will Shortz’s 30th anniversary at The New York Times with drinks ... incredible run as ...

Now a new game is making its way to the NYT Games stable: Zorse, which is named after the hybrid animal crossed between a ...

Known for its iconic crossword puzzle that it unveiled on Feb. 15, 1942, the New York Times has expanded its games section in ...

Connections is released at midnight in your time zone. In order to accommodate all time zones, there will be two Connections ...

I might be alone in this, but I wasn’t familiar enough with the puzzle’s title, “Multi-Hyphenates,” to appreciate its place ...

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the ...