The New Yorker

== Crosswords and puzzles ==
In April 2018, ''The New Yorker'' launched a crossword puzzle series with a weekday crossword published every Monday. Subsequently, it launched a second, weekend crossword that appears on Fridays and relaunched cryptic puzzles that were run in the magazine in the late 1990s. In June 2021, it began publishing new cryptics weekly.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Announcing an All-New Weekly Cryptic Crossword from The New Yorker |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/cryptic-crossword/announcing-an-all-new-weekly-cryptic-crossword-from-the-new-yorker}}</ref> In July 2021, ''The New Yorker'' introduced Name Drop, a trivia game, which is posted online weekdays.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Introducing Name Drop: a Daily Trivia Game from The New Yorker |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/introducing-name-drop-a-daily-trivia-game-from-the-new-yorker}}</ref> In March 2022, ''The New Yorker'' moved to publishing online crosswords every weekday, with decreasing difficulty Monday through Thursday and themed puzzles on Fridays.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=You Can Now Play The New Yorker Crossword Every Weekday |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/crossword/you-can-now-play-the-new-yorker-crossword-every-weekday}}</ref> The puzzles are written by a rotating stable of 13 constructors. They integrate cartoons into the solving experience. The Christmas 2019 issue featured a crossword puzzle by [[Patrick Berry]] that had cartoons as clues, with the answers being captions for the cartoons. In December 2019, Liz Maynes-Aminzade was named ''The New Yorker''<nowiki/>'s first puzzles and games editor.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}