Sure, the Mini Crossword only takes 1 or 2 minutes to solve, but the game matters to lots of people, including me.

The New York Times has put the Mini Crossword, one of its popular daily games behind a paywall, and many of its frequent players are decrying the change. The Mini Crossword is billed as the "bite-size" version of the publication's daily word puzzle, according to its website.

Did you wake up this morning, coffee in hand, only to find a paywall blocking your daily New York Times mini crossword, instead of finding the answers to today's crossword? If you’re staring at your screen wondering if it’s a glitch — or just feeling like your morning routine has been completely 'obliterated' — as some Reddit users expressed,

This is Mr. Niederman’s 15th Times Sunday crossword in a row, and his grids are always extremely creative. Some play games (see today’s theme, or an older chess -themed puzzle); others tinker with the rules of crosswords. They’re all memorably good, and I’ll bet that the other games that come out of his cranium will be, too.

A new puzzle game from Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger launches on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC on April 28th A new puzzle game from Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger launches on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC on April 28th Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor ...

You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and eventually make your way to one or more crossword puzzles, word games and other brain twisters. The test of banked knowledge and problem-solving ability can boost your ego, or deflate it.

Over the past few days, everyone’s become a teeny bit obsessed with a game named Wordle. As the name suggests, it’s a word game. Each day, it produces a grey block gives players six attempts to guess the word of the day – by starting with a word of ...