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New York Times Crossword Stats and Observations

XWord Info contains data about NYT puzzles dating back to November, 1993, covering the entire time that Will Shortz has been Puzzle Editor. The links below will be of most interest to constructors and serious solvers but occasional dabblers will be entertained too. Explore around and you'll no doubt see crosswords in a whole new light.

Warning: this site does give away lots of answers. If you're not up to date and would rather solve the puzzles on your own, spending too much time here will spoil your fun.

In the news: The JimH Crossword blog is being replaced by an official NYT blog. See the announcements from Garson Hampfield and Will Shortz.

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About the Database

The database has 5,435 puzzles from Sunday, November 21, 1993 to Tuesday, October 07, 2008.
Puzzles come from 556 different authors and include 82,474 unique answer words.

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