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. Have fun exploring and you'll start seeing crosswords in a whole new light.

The Friday, March 12, 2010 crossword is by Tim Croce. (Across Lite, Solution, blog)


Congratulations Dan Feyer, the new American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champ.

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The database has 5,956 puzzles from Sunday, November 21, 1993 to Friday, March 12, 2010.
Puzzles come from 608 different authors and include 86,731 unique answer words.

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