• by Fern Siegel , February 8, 2021

Print readers of The New Yorker got bonus value in the Feb. 15 magazine issue, out today.

Now, the pub’s crossword puzzle will appear at the back of every issue, where the cartoon caption contest currently resides.

Initially debuting as a weekly online feature in 2018, The New Yorker Crossword now runs three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, including in Partner Mode, in which long-distance friends can solve puzzles together, and British-style cryptics, where each clue is a word puzzle, from the archive.

Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games editor, admitted digital versions have advantages, including immediate access to solutions. “But print crosswords may be superior in bathtubs (fewer waterlogged devices), on beaches (less glare), and off the grid (no Wi-Fi, no problem). We’re pleased that our solvers will now have their choice of medium,” she said.

What hasn’t changed are the puzzle contributors, including Erik Agard, Patrick Berry, Kameron Austin Collins, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Natan Last, Wyna Liu, Aimee Lucido, Caitlin Reid, Anna Shechtman and Robyn Weintraub.

Puzzles can also sign up for the Crossword newsletter.

Last November, the magazine launched a new ecommerce effort: The New Yorker Store.

The curated products celebrates the magazine’s history and the artists that grace its pages. Nicholas Blechman, The New Yorker’s creative director, told Publishers Daily: “The idea behind the Store is to build on the success of the iconic New Yorker tote bag, which I see wherever I go ..."