Before diving into the chaos of the workday, take a moment to unwind with USA TODAY's new collection of approachable games, good for pairing with a cup of coffee or tea. USA TODAY Play offers a new daily crossword experience, Sudoku, solitaire, Block Champ ...

The crosswords are “human-edited” and themed on “stories from current news,” according to a popup in the Particle app. There’s a leaderboard, too, and it includes completion times from LLMs like Claude 4 Opus and Gemini 2.5 Pro. They trounced me ...

Did you wake up this morning, coffee in hand, only to find a paywall blocking your daily New York Times mini crossword, instead of finding the answers to today's crossword? If you’re staring at your screen wondering if it’s a glitch — or just feeling ...