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We're excited! And we have been virtually chomping at the bit to tell you about this: the New York Times daily crossword puzzle can now be solved in Puzzazz, at no additional charge for NYT premium crosswords subscribers. Not only can you use Puzzazz's phenomenal user interface and award-winning TouchWrite handwriting recognition technology, but you'll also get a full-fidelity solving experience, with puzzles matching the print edition in both formatting and functionality. Only in Puzzazz.

A lot of people think of the NYT daily crosswords as the gold standard of puzzles, and we're very happy that you can now solve it in Puzzazz on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. It has been really enjoyable for us to solve in Puzzazz over the last few weeks as we've been testing, and we know you're going to enjoy it too.

When we say it's a "full-fidelity" experience, we mean you get everything you get on paper, with no compromises. But you also get thoughtful features designed with solvers in mind, including clue highlighting and auto scrolling, cross-reference highlighting, clue notes, cell marking, support for lefties, and a number of options for hinting. And, of course, Puzzazz is the only app with our exclusive, award-winning TouchWrite handwriting recognition technology, which requires no training or special letters, and makes solving more enjoyable (particularly on small-screen devices like an iPhone).

Here's some screen snapshots of some recent NYT crosswords, which give you an idea or what you'll see in Puzzazz on both iPad and iPhone. (click on any picture to see a larger snapshot)

We're providing all this at no additional charge to New York Times Premium Crosswords subscribers. We believe that people shouldn't be charged twice to solve the puzzles. All NYT subscribers have to do is enter their nytimes.com login information and puzzles will be downloaded automatically each day right after they're released by the Times.

Click here to download the free Puzzazz app. And if you've already downloaded it, we would appreciate a 5-star rating and review. Thanks!