High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New York Times crossword puzzle is a daily puzzle published in the New York Times and online at the newspaper's website. Magmic Games released mobile versions of the puzzle for BlackBerry and iOS devices in 2008 and 2009; and then for Kindle Fire and Nook in 2012. It is also syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals. The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has been edited by Will Shortz since 1993. The puzzle becomes increasingly difficult throughout the week, with the easiest puzzle on Monday and the most difficult puzzle 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. The standard daily crossword is 15 squares ? 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures either 21 squares ? 21 squares or 23 ? 23 (a special set of 25 ? 25 Sunday puzzles, with two sets of...