The New York Times's puzzles were played more than eleven billion times in 2025. They bring readers in and they sell subscriptions. We do not want a daily habit to keep paying for a paper whose coverage of Gaza we cannot stand behind.

Writers Against the War on Gaza have called on readers to boycott, divest from and unsubscribe from the Times, which they hold responsible for helping to sell the war on Gaza to its readers. The boycott includes the puzzles: "We do not play their games."

So we made our own. Five free puzzles, new every day, with no subscription, no ads and no tracking. If you are ending a streak there, start one here.