USA TODAY PLAY Crosswords

Name: USA TODAY PLAY Crosswords
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.856250047683716 (1611 reviews)
Author: USA TODAY

USA TODAY

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1.61K reviews

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About this game

Play the USA TODAY daily crossword, plus Quick Cross, a full puzzle archive, horoscopes, and more - all in one app.

Start your day with a fresh crossword puzzle, solve a Quick Cross when you're short on time, or explore thousands of past puzzles in the USA TODAY archive.

Beyond crosswords, enjoy daily horoscopes for every sign.

Features:

DAILY USA TODAY CROSSWORD
- Solve a new crossword puzzle every day

QUICK CROSS
- Fast, bite-sized crossword challenges

PUZZLE ARCHIVE
- Access past crosswords and Quick Cross anytime

HINTS WHEN YOU’RE STUCK
- Get help and keep solving

PROGRESS TRACKING
- Track stats and resume puzzles anytime

DAILY HOROSCOPES
- Explore horoscope content and zodiac insights any time.

SUDOKU AND MORE
- Additional puzzle formats beyond crossword

Play today. Come back tomorrow. Start your streak with USA TODAY PLAY.

More Information:
• Privacy Policy: https://cm.usatoday.com/privacy/
• Terms of Service:  https://cm.usatoday.com/terms/

Daily Crossword Puzzles & Sudoku

Updated on

Sep 3, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

1.34K reviews

Eddie Ware

July 17, 2021

New software update is awful! Keyboard takes up too much space and you can't see the whole puzzle. The archive has you scroll down which takes forever instead of choosing a date on a calendar. But most important for me is that I'm unable to print blank puzzles to take to work since I can't have my phone at work. What a waste of a $40/year subscription!

35 people found this review helpful

Michael Pawloski

September 25, 2022

This app would have gotten 5 stars(out of 5), you would log in, watch a 15-30 second ad, and you'd start the crossword, which the ads are expected. But now they limit the puzzles you can do a week unless you pay money now...what a joke, it is always about the money, there are always other puzzles I can do without paying money

4 people found this review helpful

A Google user

September 27, 2019

The crossword is great but there is a serious bug with the app. Twice now the app has frozen completely when loading. Once it does that even if I force close the program and open it again it never works again. (Even after waiting a day and trying to open again.) The only way to fix it is completely uninstall the app and reinstall it. Such a hassle.

27 people found this review helpful

USA TODAY

November 6, 2019

Hello, Brian. We are glad you love our app! Thank you for your feedback. A new version of the USA TODAY Crossword app was released on November 6, 2019, to address multiple issues. If you continue to have issues, please email support@amuniversal.com for additional support.