Reddit reviews The New York Times Light and Easy Crossword Puzzles: 130 Fun, Easy Puzzles
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I highly recommend the USA Today app for getting started with crossword puzzles. The app is free, unlike NYT, which is a yearly subscription. The puzzles aren't as difficult, and it has a feature where it will tell you if the letter is wrong right away, which I found really helpful when I was starting out.
I also recommend looking into getting a puzzle book like The NYT Best of the Week Series for Monday or The NYT Light and Easy Crossword Puzzles. With books like these, you have the answers in the back, and there's something nice about working with pen/pencil and paper.
Once you start doing crossword puzzles regularly, you'll learn that there are tricks the constructors use that can help you find the answer. For example, if a clue ends with a question mark, like Friday's clue for 17-Across, Split tickets?, you know it's a play on words or unconventional answer, which in this case is STUBS. If the clue didn't have the question mark, you'd be thinking along the lines of the action of splitting tickets, a more literal interpretation. Also, if the clue is abbreviated in some way, like another example from Friday, 35-Down, Pres. Obama's signature achievement, you know the answer is also abbreviated (ACA, or Affordable Care Act). Another tip: NYT doesn't do it, but a lot of puzzles will let you know how many words are in the answer, which is really helpful.
You'll also start to learn certain words that are used a lot because they help the puzzle "work", like:
Obviously I am really into crossword puzzles, and could talk about them longer than anyone would want to listen. I'm so excited that my post has sparked the interest in you, and I wish you many happy hours of puzzling! Feel free to message me if you have other questions or want to know more.