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What is the hardest day of the NYT crossword? ›

The Saturday crossword is actually the hardest puzzle of the week. Mondays have the most straightforward clues and Saturday clues are the hardest, or involve the most wordplay. Contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzles are midweek difficulty, not the hardest. They're just bigger.

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest puzzle on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be as difficult as a Thursday puzzle.

Sometimes this may be written (3,4) meaning the answer consists of two words, the first of three letters and the second of four letters. A hyphen between the numbers (3-4) means the answer itself is hyphenated. Put a stroke in the crossword itself where these answers divide.

In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right ("across") and from top to bottom ("down"). The shaded squares are used to separate the words or phrases. An American-style crossword grid layout.

A British crossword maker believes he's created the hardest puzzle ever - and says it will take even the most hardened enthusiast two years to solve. Marc Breman, 56, says his cryptic creation are virtually impossible for most people, and has described it as 100 times harder than any of the 30,000 he's made since 1991.

Memory and thinking skills may improve with regular crossword practice. A study published in NEJM Evidence found that people with mild memory problems who did web-based crossword puzzles showed improvement in cognition and experienced less brain shrinkage, compared to those who played web-based cognitive games.

On average, Thursday puzzles are harder than Friday puzzles. It's the only exception to each day being harder than the day before, and most likely attributable to the tricks on Thursday. Sunday puzzles are usually between Wednesday and Thursday in difficulty when the increased size of the puzzle is factored out.

They make it easier to unwind

Although it is tempting to unwind by watching the television or by reading on a tablet, the body should avoid screen time before bed. Puzzles provide a much better opportunity to relax, making it easier to fall asleep and properly switch off.

Anyone can enjoy crosswords, and anyone can become better crossword solvers, too. Plus, it doesn't take a lot of study to improve your crossword game. Instead, you can get better at crosswords by playing more games!

What does SP mean in crosswords? ›

Foreign Languages. Speaking of foreign words, if the answer is a foreign word, the clue will often include another word from the same language. If not, then you might see a specific indication such as (fr.) or (sp.). For example HOLA might be clued as Hello (sp.), Hello in Spanish, or Juan's Hello.

As the final letter in the Greek alphabet, omega is often used to denote the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of a set, in contrast to alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; see Alpha and Omega.

If you change an incorrect letter to a new correct letter, the previously crossed out letters will turn gray. A red flag will remain on the square if you use Reveal to find the correct letter. A clue will turn gray after entering all letters; this applies whether you are right or wrong.

Clues marked in gray indicate that a word has been entered.

Click on either a clue or a box in the grid to start entering an answer. The clues for words that have been entirely filled in are marked gray, whether the answer is correct or not. How do I navigate through the puzzle if I'm doing the crossword on a computer?

The usual pattern is that the Monday puzzles are the easiest, Tuesday ones a little more difficult, and they get progressively harder until the Saturday puzzles, mainly because the puzzles later in the week have fewer black squares, and more long answers (usually in the form of a phrase, often involving a pun or ...

The daily puzzles are arranged in graded difficulty from Monday (easiest) through Saturday (hardest). The Sunday puzzle, which is larger—typically 21x21, vs 15x15 for the daily—is said to have a difficulty equivalent to about Thursday.

That said, we'll now be labelling each puzzle as either “challenging,” “moderately challenging,” or “lightly challenging.” You'll find the hardest crosswords on Mondays; Wednesday's will be less taxing; and Friday's will be the easiest of the lot. New crosswords always appear on our Puzzles & Games Dept.