# Do you think the Monday New York Times crossword is easy l? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561 "2020-02-06T19:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/21 "2020-02-07T21:10:51Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > The only puzzles I can find which are hard enough for me are Saturdays. The NYT takes me 12-15 minutes on Saturday. My favorite is the Newsday Saturday Stumper. That takes me 25-30 minutes. Sometimes I read every clue and don’t know a single answer right away. I love when that happens because I know it will be a challenge. Have you tried the [Club 72](https://club72.wordpress.com/) crosswords by Tim Croce? They’re at approximately the same difficulty level as the Saturday Stumper. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/22 "2020-02-07T21:13:55Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Not to hijack my own thread, but what do you think of the app? I normally use crossword time as a way to relax in the morning or late at night without my phone, but I’m curious. I did try a crossword app a few years ago and it was awful. Don’t think it was NYT. I like the app. It’s subscription based, but gives you access to I believe all the Will Shortz puzzles (just checked and archive goes back to 1993.) I have not had any issues with the app, and I can start a puzzle on my iPad, move to my desktop, and finish it on the phone if I wanted to seemlessly. I can’t even imagine what the cremember moldings about it could be. I find it intuitive and stable. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/23 "2020-02-07T21:15:45Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I haven’t used the NYT app yet and am also curious about it. It has mixed reviews at the App Store. > > I use Shortyz crossword app. The LATimes puzzles on it are similar to the NYT. There are other crossword puzzles on it to choose from. And it’s free. I had to check this, as I was wondering what the mixed reviews could be about. On my iPad App Store, it has a 4.9/5 rating, with over 60K ratings, which is about as high as you’ll ever see. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/24 "2020-02-07T21:21:38Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I can’t even imagine what the cremember moldings about it could be. OK, I have no idea what phrase meaning “mixed reviews” got auto-corrected into “cremember moldings,” but that or a similar phrase is what is supposed to be in its place. (ETA: Ah, I believe the word I was trying to type was “complaints.”) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/25 "2020-02-07T21:35:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > OK, I have no idea what phrase meaning “mixed reviews” got auto-corrected into “cremember moldings,” but that or a similar phrase is what is supposed to be in its place. (ETA: Ah, I believe the word I was trying to type was “complaints.”) Thanks. I was wondering what the covfefe that was supposed to mean. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/26 "2020-02-07T22:07:35Z")
I started doing the NYT puzzle via the app almost a year ago. I find the Monday and Tuesday puzzles enjoyably easy. I sometimes get hung up on Thursday–I think those would be easier on paper, especially when there are multiple letters in the same cell. My only complaint is that I have to wear reading glasses to do the Sunday puzzle on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/27 "2020-02-07T23:24:45Z")
I’m terrible at crossword puzzles. Partly it’s that I am not much into popular culture so that when a question involves a rock group or TV show I am at a loss. My wife does the puzzle every day, after I do the Ken-kens. But I usually looked at the puzzle and filled in a few clues. Until maybe a year ago when on one Monday, I realized I got the whole thing. Now I do the Monday every week and usually the Tuesday as well. I often get pretty far on Wednesday, but Thursday is always a gimmick and I never get anywhere with that. Yesterday’s 6 x 6 Ken-ken was the hardest I have ever completed. Today’s was trivial by comparison. The 4 x 4 is always easy. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/28 "2020-02-08T02:58:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I had to check this, as I was wondering what the mixed reviews could be about. On my iPad App Store, it has a 4.9/5 rating, with over 60K ratings, which is about as high as you’ll ever see. At the Google play store, there were quite a few people who felt the interface was poor enough to ruin it for them. I have no idea if it’s accurate. But I’m running out of Shortyz puzzles to do, so will probably bite the bullet soon. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/29 "2020-02-08T05:53:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > At the Google play store, there were quite a few people who felt the interface was poor enough to ruin it for them. I have no idea if it’s accurate. But I’m running out of Shortyz puzzles to do, so will probably bite the bullet soon. Perhaps the Android app isn’t as nicely designed. It does seem to be less highly rated at 4.2/5, with a more significant amount of one star reviews, whereas the iOS version is almost all four- and five-star reviews, with a tiny blip at one. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561/30 "2020-02-13T20:02:53Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Have you tried the [Club 72](https://club72.wordpress.com/) crosswords by Tim Croce? They’re at approximately the same difficulty level as the Saturday Stumper. Thanks for pointing me to these. They’re really challenging. Looks like I’ve got 500 or so new puzzles to do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-monday-new-york-times-crossword-is-easy-l/847561.md?page=1)