SAVE $32: An annual subscription to New York Times Games is on sale for $18, down from the usual value of $50 per yr. That’s a 64% low cost.
As if we’d like extra dangerous information in 2025, The New York Times has taken away one in all life’s easy joys — the day by day Mini crossword puzzle is not free to play. Wonderful. Terrific. This is completely effective and we’re all thriving (deep breath). The internet rightfully thinks this can be a horrible change to our morning routine. The Mini crossword now joins every part else that requires a subscription. While the lack of a free day by day recreation is unhappy, there is a semi-bright mild if you wish to pay to play.
As of Aug. 28, an annual subscription to New York Times Games is on sale for $18, marked down from the same old value of $50. That’s a 64% low cost that takes $32 off the annual value.
Not to belittle the annoyance of the Mini now coming with a value, however as soon as we contemplate the enjoyment to value ratio, this annual subscription is not the worst deal on the Internet. At $18 for one yr of video games, that works out to $1.50 monthly, or simply 5 cents per day on a month with 30 days. If you really get pleasure from the day by day Mini, possibly it is value gifting your self this deal?
Apple TV+ simply bought dearer. Again.
The New York Times Games subscription offers you entry to each day by day recreation, together with the Mini, the full-size New York Times Daily crossword, Wordle, Connections, Tiles, Strands, Sudoku, and extra. Some of those are presently free to play, however there is no telling once they’ll meet the destiny of the beloved Mini and switch right into a paid-access recreation.
The New York Times Games subscription additionally allows you to head into the video games archives and play over 10,000 outdated video games. The archive consists of Daily puzzles that date way back to 1993 and Minis that return to 2014. You can even preserve tabs in your efficiency, evaluating your Mini occasions to how you probably did yesterday or final month. With the subscription, you may play New York Times Games through the Games app in your cellphone or through an Internet browser.
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No one requested for this in 2025, however hey, 5 cents per day is not an excessive amount of to pay for pleasure contemplating the value of…every part as of late.
Not the day you are after? Here’s the answer to yesterday’s Mini Crossword.