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In case you didn't know, the daily New York Times Crossword has a difficulty curve as the week goes on. Monday is the easiest puzzle, and then Tuesday is a little harder, climbing up to Saturday, which is the hardest day of the week.

Quick crosswords and Cryptic crosswords are the two most common types. Quick crosswords. You don't need any special knowledge or skills to attempt a quick crossword. The answer to each clue is another word or phrase that means the same as the clue.

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.

Times by weekday The mini, like the daily crossword, follows a slight trend of increasing difficulty depending on the weekday. Saturday grids are often larger.

The Saturday crossword is actually the hardest puzzle of the week. 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.

Average NYT Crossword Times? Day2022 AverageAverage (4086 puzzles)Thu07:2013:38Fri10:0413:55Sat12:0313:44Sun15:4921:494 more rows • Aug 29, 2022

Friday crosswords are among the hardest of the week. They are themeless, which means you can't rely on that extra level of context to solve the puzzle, and the clues are written with a higher level of wit and wordplay. We know this can be daunting for newer solvers.

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.