1. Why?

Hi there! My name is Advay Bajpai, and I am a college student and creator of NYTPlus.

I love the NYT Daily Mini, and to a greater extent, crosswords in general. It's a fun, stimulating game that everyone should try at least once, in my opinion. And for years, the NYT Crossword (and now, the Mini) have become a staple in the realm of word games, thanks in part to their superior design and challenge.

Nevertheless, the NYT Mini is limited to a singular daily play; a restriction that, in my view, severely limits the enjoyability of the Mini. This was the impetus behind NYTPlus.

2. Information Collection

Every day, at about 9 PM, I collect the next day's NYT crossword. I am NOT screen-scraping the NYT Games site, but rather utilizing their daily Mini JSON (that is publically available and free), which is then cached and stored to be used in NYTPlus.

3. Expansion

I will likely soon also cache and allow users to access 15x15 crosswords as well (the normal NYT crossword, essentially) thanks to the kind work of https://github.com/doshea/nyt_crosswords.

4. Data

NYTPlus only has access to your profile picture and public email. The site never accesses any forbidden scopes (and you can check this for yourself when first signing in via a service provider, too).

6. Legalities

Hmm.

8. Final Thoughts

There are still a plethora of bugs and issues on this site. If you find them, send me an email: advayb2018 [at] gmail [.] com.