New York Times is pulling its crosswords from third-party apps for reasons
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What you need to know The New York Times has announced that it will no longer be making its crosswords available in downloadable .puz format. People will have to use the New York Times` own crossword app to solve puzzles from August 10. That`s bad news for everyone, especially those who make use of third-party apps for accessibility reasons. The New York Times has announced that it will stop making its crosswords available as .puz files from August 10, forcing everyone to use its own app if they want to continue solving the puzzles. Currently, the NYT makes its files available so that people can use them with any third-party app that supports the .puz format. When that changes, the official NYT crossword app will be the only option. The move was announced out of the blue yesterday. The reason? It`ll make it easier for crossword editors, apparently. Starting Aug. 10, we will no longer support crossword play on Across Lite. This means we won`t provide downloadable .puz files ...