Newsday Brains Only (2024)

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How do I get the newsday crossword puzzle online for free? ›

Where do I find the daily Newsday crossword puzzle? The puzzle is available via newsday.com or the Newsday app. You may also bookmark the puzzle here.

Crosswords may help with a brain function called fluency, or word finding. Fluency is a type of process based in the speech and language centers of the brain. But watch out: Only crosswords that challenge you can help your brain improve its function.

Clues. Clues should reflect the difficulty of the puzzle. Our difficulty scale increases through the week, with the easiest puzzles on Monday and hardest on Saturday.

Mondays have the most straightforward clues and Saturday clues are the hardest, or involve the most wordplay. Contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzles are midweek difficulty, not the hardest. They're just bigger. A typical Monday clue will be very straightforward and drive you almost directly to the answer.

BestCrosswords.com is the largest supplier of free crossword puzzles on the web, publishing 15 grids daily from an archive of more 100,000. You can play in your web browser, smartphone, tablet or print in high resolution.

Crossword Puzzle Free by Redstone, also known as "The crossword lovers dream app," delivers the best crossword solving experience on mobile devices, providing users with fresh content and a well-designed user interface.

Perhaps the most famous is the November 5, 1996, puzzle by Jeremiah Farrell, published on the day of the U.S. presidential election, which has been featured in the movie Wordplay and the book The Crossword Obsession by Coral Amende, as well as discussed by Peter Jennings on ABC News, featured on CNN, and elsewhere.

The Monday crosswords are the easiest, and the puzzles get harder as the week goes on. Practice on the Mondays before pushing yourself to Tuesday puzzles.

According to The New York Times crosswords editor, Will Shortz, “A 'rebus' in a crossword is anything that gets entered in a square that's not a single letter of the alphabet.” That can mean you have to jam more than one letter into a square or use digits.

“People with high IQs tend to do better with dementia because there is more cognitive reserve. However, once dementia sets in one cannot overcome the degenerative process by doing cognitive tasks like crossword puzzles. It may slow the process down somewhat though.”

Is it good to do crossword puzzles before bed? ›

They make it easier to unwind

Although it is tempting to unwind by watching the television or by reading on a tablet, the body should avoid screen time before bed. Puzzles provide a much better opportunity to relax, making it easier to fall asleep and properly switch off.

Work on the Clues You Know When you start a crossword puzzle, focus on the clues you know first. Fill in the answers to the clues that you're confident about, as this will give you a foundation to build upon. Once you have a few answers in place, it can be easier to solve the remaining clues.

The app is free to download and you can play many games every day with a new puzzle each day for free.

Visit pressreader.com or open the PressReader app and select the publication you wish to print from. Page to the item you want to print (e.g.: the crossword puzzle). Click or tap on the headline to open the item in article view. Click or tap the 3 dot menu and click or tap Print.

Become a master crossword solver while having tons of fun, and all for free! Daily Themed Crossword features : -Fun puzzles for everyone. -A new puzzle everyday, 365 days a year.

Games and All Access subscribers can view past archived puzzles that can be downloaded and played offline. When you select a puzzle from the archive it is downloaded to your device. Select the puzzle icon again to begin playing.