Here’s a quick news tidbit. Next week, the New York Times will feature crossword puzzles constructed by students aged 15-19.
Tags: crossword,nyt,puzzlesBill Clinton’s Crossword Available
The New York Times crossword puzzle, constructed by Cathy Millhauser with clues written by President Bill Clinton, is available online now. On this site, you can fill it in on line. For some reason the first clue was already filled in when I clicked over to it. Not a particularly had clue, but crossword purists should be warned. There’s also a PDF available.
The puzzle comes with an Editor’s Note from Will Shortz: The clues in this puzzle are a little more playful and involve more wordplay than in a typical crossword. You have been warned.
Tags: clinton,crossword,nyt,puzzlesBill Clinton to write NYT crossword
Yes, Bill Clinton loves the NYT crossword. But we all knew that before Wordplay, right? The May 6th edition of the NYT will feature a crossword created by Bill Clinton, presumably with a baby-boomer theme.
Tags: clinton,crossword,nyt,puzzlesNYT Crossword Widget
A recent press release has announced a new widget for your Google personal homepage that features New York Times crossword puzzles. The puzzle is changed daily and is selected from an archive of over 1000 puzzles. The newest puzzles are still available only to subscribers.
Tags: crossword,nyt,puzzlesNYT on Nikoli
The New York Times ran an article today on Nikoli. The most interesting part of the article is a discussion of why Nikoli is so successful. Maki Kaji, who runs Nikoli, attributes their success to open forums that allow readers to submit criticisms for puzzles and post some of their own inventions.
Of course, the question that is sure to arise from all of this is: “What’s going to be the next sudoku?“ And it’s a question that’s been asked for the past two years or so. On the NYT site, they have three Nikoli puzzle types that you can play: Kakuro which I think would have exploded by now, if it were going to. Nurikabe which both Wordstream and Mochikoro are derived from. And Masyu which is an interesting loop drawing puzzle. My prediction: None will be the next sudoku.
Tags: nikoli,nyt,puzzles
