The New York Times looks for intelligent, literate, entertaining and well-crafted crosswords that appeal to the broad range of Times solvers. Submissions are now open on our new submission ...

The New York Times is being ripped by social media users for publishing what they deemed a swastika-shaped crossword puzzle on the first night of Hanukkah. The fraught Sunday brain-teaser, titled ...

“This is a common crossword design: Many open grids in crosswords have a similar spiral pattern because of the rules around rotational symmetry and black squares,” a spokesperson for the paper ...

The New York Times Building in New York City on February 1, 2022. The inset shows a "New York Times" crossword puzzle that a number of people online have said resembles a swastika.

The New York Times building is pictured on February 4, 2021, in Manhattan. The inset image shows Sunday's crossword puzzle, which some on social media said resembled a swastika.