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If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can access daily and archived crossword, crossword mini, Quartiles, sudoku, and Emoji Game puzzles. Some puzzles may be available without a subscription.

You can view the Puzzles feed, follow a puzzle type, choose a puzzle, view puzzle stats and streaks, compete with others, and share a puzzle with friends. For quick access to one type of puzzle, you can follow it and even make it a favorite.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

View the Puzzles feed

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Tap Puzzles in the sidebar or tab bar.

     If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

   • Tap Today in the sidebar or tab bar, scroll down, then tap the Puzzles group.

Follow a puzzle type

If you want quick access to a specific type of puzzle, you can follow that type.

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. View the Puzzles feed, as above.
3. Tap Crossword, Crossword Mini, Quartiles, Sudoku, or Emoji Game.
4. Tap the More button, then tap Follow.

A Puzzles category appears in the sidebar with the puzzle type appearing below. To make it a favorite, tap Edit, tap the Add Favorite button next to a puzzle type, then tap the Done button.

Note: With an Apple News+ subscription, puzzles in the Puzzles feed and puzzle type feeds can download automatically, so you can play them in Offline Mode.

Choose a puzzle

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Go to one of the following areas to find a puzzle:
   • The Today feed
   • The Puzzles feed
   • The feed for a puzzle type (crossword, crossword mini, Quartiles, sudoku, or Emoji Game)
3. Tap a puzzle to open it.

Crossword and sudoku puzzles have a difficulty rating—easy, moderate, or challenging.

You can see more past puzzles in each puzzle type’s complete archive. Scroll down in the puzzle type’s feed, then tap the Right Arrow button next to Archive.

Quick tip: To sort or filter any puzzle archive, just tap the Filter button.

View puzzle stats and streaks

In every puzzle feed, you can find the Scoreboard, which includes:

• Statistics for each puzzle type—the number of puzzles solved, for example
• Your current streak—the number of consecutive days you solved the daily puzzle
• Your longest streak

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Choose the feed for a puzzle type and then swipe up.

Conditions that affect stats include the following:

• If you use the Reveal command to show all or a portion of a puzzle, the puzzle won’t count toward your stats, and completing the puzzle won’t start or continue a streak.
• Puzzles you complete on a device with iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, or later count toward your stats. Any puzzles you played on older OS versions don’t count toward your stats.
• After you open the News app on a device with iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, or later, any daily puzzles you complete on a device with an earlier version of the OS are added to your streak. For example, if you complete Monday’s crossword and Tuesday’s crossword on your iPhone with iOS 17.5, and then solve Wednesday’s crossword on your iPad with iPadOS 17.4, your streak is extended.
• Users in the continental U.S. and Canada must complete a puzzle within 24 hours of its publication for it to count toward a streak. Users in Alaska and Hawaii get an extra hour or two; they must complete the day’s puzzle before midnight local time.
• To start or maintain a sudoku streak, solve at least one of the current day’s sudoku puzzles of any difficulty level without revealing answers.

Your stats and streaks stay up to date on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. Go to Settings, tap your name, then tap iCloud. Tap See All (in the Saved to iCloud section), then turn on News.

Compete with others

Want to take on friends and other puzzle solvers in Game Center and the Apple Games app? You’ll need to turn on Game Center in News, too.

1. Set up your Game Center profile.
2. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
3. Tap Apps, then tap News.
4. Turn on Game Center.

In Game Center, your scores show up on the leaderboard for each puzzle type, and sudoku gets a leaderboard for each difficulty level.

It’s also possible to challenge friends to solve crossword, crossword mini, sudoku, and Emoji Game puzzles. For details, check out our guide, Play with friends in the Apple Games app on iPad.

Share a puzzle

You can send a link to another Apple News+ subscriber so they can solve the puzzle too.

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a puzzle.
3. Tap the More button, tap Share, and then choose Messages, Mail, or another sharing option.

Your answers aren’t shown, but the following information is shared for completed puzzles:

• Crossword, crossword mini, and sudoku: The time it took you to solve the puzzle
• Quartiles: Your rank
• Emoji Game: The number of moves you used to solve the puzzle

See also

• Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles in News on iPad
• Solve Quartiles puzzles in News on iPad
• Play Emoji Game in News on iPad
• Solve sudoku puzzles in News on iPad

Apple News+ subscribers get access to a new crossword and crossword mini puzzle every day. Crossword puzzles start out easy but get increasingly challenging as the week goes on, and when you want a puzzle you can solve in next to no time, there’s the always-easy crossword mini.

You can navigate and solve both kinds of puzzles in multiple ways. For example, you can display puzzles in the traditional grid view, or show clues and answers in a list instead. You can select words by square or choose clues from a list.

You don’t have to solve puzzles all at once, either. You can return to a puzzle at any time, and the timer pauses while you’re away.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Solve in grid view

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap a square to show the clue below the puzzle and then use the keyboard to enter the answer. You move to other squares as you type. You can also tap \< or > next to the clue to move to the previous or next clue.

   With the keyboard showing, switch from across to down, or vice versa, by tapping the selected square again or tapping the clue.

Solve in list view

Instead of the traditional grid, you can show clues and answers in a list.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap the List View button.

Tap the Grid View button to return to grid view.

Get hints and answers

If you’re unsure of an answer you entered, you can get a little help.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap the Puzzles Options button. Do any of the following:
   • Mark incorrect answers: Tap Autocheck, Check Square, Check Word, or Check Puzzle.
   • Reveal answers: Tap Reveal, then tap Square, Word, or Puzzle to display the correct answer.

     Note: When you reveal all or a portion of a puzzle, it doesn’t count toward stats in your Scoreboard or as part of a streak.

Some puzzles highlight clues that reference other clues. You can turn off these highlights. Tap the More button, tap Settings, then turn off Highlight Linked Clues.

Sometimes crossword grids include circles, and the letters in the circles relate to that puzzle’s theme.

Always use Autocheck

When you turn on Autocheck inside a puzzle, it stays on for that puzzle only. If you want Autocheck to stay on all the time, follow these steps:

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap the More button, tap Settings, turn on Always Autocheck, and tap the Close button.
4. Tap the Puzzles Options button, then tap Autocheck.

   Autocheck stays on for all puzzles of that type until you turn it off.

Restart your puzzle

Want a fresh start? Clear a puzzle’s answers and reset the timer.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap the Puzzles Options button.
4. Tap Clear Puzzle.

Change how you move around the puzzle

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Tap the More button, choose Settings, and choose what happens as you enter a letter or an answer:
   • Go to the next empty square: Select Skip Filled Squares.
   • Go to the next square, whether or not it’s filled in: Deselect Skip Filled Squares.
   • Go to the next clue: Next to At End of Word, choose Advance If Complete or Always Advance.
   • Don’t go to the next clue: Next to At End of Word, choose Don’t Advance.

Show or hide the timer

You can show or hide the timer that appears above your puzzle.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Tap the Timer button.
   • Tap the More button, choose Settings, then turn Show Timer on or off.

See also

• Find puzzles in Apple News+ on iPad
• Solve Quartiles puzzles in News on iPad
• Solve sudoku puzzles in News on iPad
• How to subscribe to individual channels in News on iPad

Besides subscribing to Apple News+, you can subscribe to individual publications from select publishers. Subscribing to a channel automatically means you’re following it, too, and its stories appear in your Today feed. You can access these subscriptions in News in three ways:

• Subscribe within News: You can purchase a subscription directly in News. In a channel that offers subscriptions, tap the subscription button.
• Access an existing subscription purchased from a publisher’s app: If you downloaded a publisher’s app from the App Store, and subscriptions you bought as in-app purchases are also available in News, you’re automatically granted access in News.
• Access an existing subscription purchased from a publisher: If you purchased a subscription directly from a publisher’s website or from the publisher’s app on a non-Apple device, the publisher may allow you to sign in to your account in News to access your subscription there.

  To sign in, tap a story that requires a subscription to read, then tap the “Already subscribed” link. Enter the user name and password for your existing subscription.

When you subscribe to a channel, you automatically follow it, and stories from the channel appear in the Today feed.

To cancel a subscription, swipe up on the sidebar, tap Subscriptions (below the Manage heading), select the subscription, then tap Cancel Subscription.

If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

See also

• Get started with News on iPad

The News app collects all the stories you want to read—from your favorite sources—about the topics that interest you most. Apple News+ subscribers can also access features like audio stories, puzzles, and recipes.

Siri gets to know what’s important to you as you read, and suggests stories you might like. You can follow a channel or topic to customize your feed and block ones you don’t want to see, and with Apple News+, you can solve daily puzzles like crosswords, Quartiles, sudoku, and Emoji Game.

Catch up on the latest news

If you browse the News app, you’ll find stories on everything from breaking news to science to entertainment. And the more you read, the better Siri understands what matters to you and suggests stories you might like.

Customize your feed

Tap the Search button to find a specific channel or topic you’re interested in, then tap the Follow button to follow it. Channels and topics you follow appear in the Today feed. If there’s a channel or topic that you don’t want to see in your Today feed, touch and hold it, then choose Block Channel, Block Topic, or Stop Suggesting.

Subscribe to Apple News+

When you subscribe to Apple News+, you can access hundreds of magazines and newspapers, along with puzzles, recipes, and audio stories. You can share issues with others or download them for offline reading. When prompted, tap a subscription button, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Take a break to test your wits

Apple News+ subscribers can solve daily puzzles—such as crosswords, Quartiles, sudoku, and Emoji Game. Tap Puzzles in the sidebar, then tap to open a puzzle. Some puzzles include a tutorial—in Quartiles, for example, tap the More button, then tap How to Play.

Cook up a feast

Apple News+ subscribers also have access to thousands of curated and personalized recipes. Tap Food in the sidebar, then tap the Recipe Catalog button or Recipe Catalog.

For more on News and Apple News+, check out these guides:

• See news stories chosen just for you on iPad
• Subscribe to Apple News+ on iPad
• Find puzzles in Apple News+ on iPad
• Find recipes and food stories in Apple News+ on iPad
• Use Offline Mode to read downloaded News content on iPad

Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions, Apple notes.

If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can find personalized food content, including a large catalog of recipes with features like adjustable recipe yields, nutrition facts, customizable units, and easy-to-start timers.

Your recommendations get more personalized as you read more food content and recipes. You can search by recipe title, ingredient, or keyword, save a recipe, and prepare it. You can also look at other recipes or stories while you’re reading one, and filter recipes.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and food features aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Browse stories and recipes

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to see stories and recipes.

   The more food content and recipes you read, the more personalized your recommendations become.

   Tip: To look at other recipes or stories while you’re reading one, swipe left or right.

Search for and filter recipes

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar, tap Recipe Catalog at the top of the feed or the Recipe Catalog button in the top-right corner, and then do any of the following:
   • Search by recipe title, ingredient, or keyword: Tap the search field, enter a term, and then tap the Search button.
   • Filter by category: Tap a category, such as Vegetarian.
   • Add and combine filters: Tap the Filter button and tap a filter. Then tap the Done button.
   • Remove a filter: Tap the Remove button next to a filter below the search field.

Save a recipe

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
3. Do one of the following:
   • While browsing or viewing search results: Tap the Save Recipe button on the recipe you want to save.
   • While a recipe is open: Tap Save.
4. To revisit saved recipes, do one of the following:
   • Tap Saved Recipes in the sidebar (below Library).
   • Tap the Saved Recipes button in the Recipe Catalog.

To remove a recipe from your saved recipes, touch and hold the recipe, then tap Unsave Recipe.

Prepare a recipe

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
3. To open a recipe, do one of the following:
   • While reading a food story, tap the View Recipes button. If the story has multiple recipes, tap the View Recipes button, then tap the recipe you want to prepare.
   • Tap a recipe in the search results.
4. Scroll to see the recipe’s ingredients, directions, nutrition facts, and ratings.

   Tip: You can add a recipe’s ingredients to your grocery list. While viewing the recipe, tap the More button, then tap Add to Grocery List. To access your grocery list in the Reminders app, see Make a grocery list in Reminders.

5. To focus on the directions, tap Cook.

   Steps appear in a larger font and the display stays on while you’re preparing the recipe.

6. While viewing directions, do any of the following:
   • Use a cooking timer: When a timer appears in a step, tap the Timer button, swipe up or down to adjust the timer duration, and tap Set Timer.
   • View ingredient quantities: When an ingredient in a step appears in bold, tap the ingredient to view how much is used in the recipe without going back to the ingredients list.
   • Keep track of which ingredients you already prepared or used: Tap an ingredient.

Quick tip: To keep track of the recipes you’ve prepared, tap the More button while viewing a recipe, then tap Mark as Cooked.

If you notice that a recipe is miscategorized, has incorrect ingredients or directions, or doesn’t display properly, tap the More button, tap Report a Concern, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Customize the units used in recipes

All Apple News+ recipes let you switch units from US to Metric and from Fahrenheit to Celsius. When you’re preparing baking recipes, ingredient measurements can show in weight, too.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a recipe, as above.
3. Tap the More button and tap Customize Units.

Adjust a recipe’s yield

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a recipe, as above.
3. Tap the More button, then tap Scale Recipe.
4. To adjust the recipe yield, tap the scaling buttons, or type the scale factor.

   To reset the ingredients to their original quantity, tap the Revert button.

Note: Scaling a recipe won’t affect cook times, temperature, equipment, or cookware size.

Add notes to a recipe

You can add notes to a recipe to record your results, substitute ingredients or steps, or keep track of how long it took to complete a step on your stove or oven.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
3. Tap the More button and tap Add Notes.
   • Add a note: Tap Add Notes.
   • Edit a note: Tap Edit Notes.
4. Enter your observations and then tap the Done button.

Rate a recipe

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
3. Open a recipe, scroll down to Ratings, and tap a star to select a rating.

Access food content offline

You can make sure you can access the Food feed, Recipe Catalog, and Saved Recipes in Offline Mode.

1. While you’re online, open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apps and tap News. Tap Automatic Downloads (below News+ Offline Mode).
3. Turn on Food & Recipes.

See also

• Get started with News on iPad
• Subscribe to Apple News+ on iPad
• Set timers in Clock on iPad
• How to subscribe to individual channels in News on iPad

Apple News+ subscribers can use Offline Mode to automatically download News content, then access it when there’s no Wi-Fi or cellular connection—for example, when taking a flight or riding the subway. You can download your recent and saved stories, magazine issues, recipes, and puzzles.

Note: Content that can be downloaded for Offline Mode may include stories, issues, audio stories, recipes, and puzzles. Not all content types are available in all countries or regions.

Turn on Automatic Downloads for Apple News+

1. Sign in to your Apple Account.
2. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
3. Tap Apps, then tap News.
4. Turn on Background App Refresh.
5. Tap Automatic Downloads, turn on Allow Automatic Downloads, and turn on any of the following:
   • Recent Stories: Downloads the latest stories in the Today feed, Best of News+ feed, Sports feed, Shared with You, and History.
   • Saved Stories: Downloads the latest stories in your Saved Stories list.
   • Magazine Issues: Downloads the latest issues of magazines you follow.
   • Food & Recipes: Downloads the Food feed, the Recipe Catalog, and Saved Recipes.
   • Puzzles: Downloads the Puzzles feed, the feed for each puzzle type, and the puzzles in these feeds.
   • Audio Stories: Downloads audio stories in the Today feed and Audio section.

   Note: To download smaller versions of images in stories and recipes, turn on Optimize Storage.

With sufficient storage space and a connection to Wi-Fi and power, your iPad downloads News content. On cellular without Wi-Fi, it’ll automatically download only Top Stories in the Today feed.

Use News in Offline Mode

If you don’t have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, No Internet Connection appears at the top of the screen and any content in the app that isn’t downloaded is dimmed. To switch from the currently loaded version of each feed to the downloaded version, tap Show Stories Downloaded for Offline Mode.

When you reconnect to the internet, tap Check for New Stories at the top of the screen. All feeds in the app are refreshed and display the latest content.

See also

• Manually download Apple News+ issues on iPad
• Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues on iPad
• Connect iPad to the internet

To get the most out of Apple News+, follow your favorite publications and browse through current and back issues.

You follow an Apple News+ publication by following its channel, and you can find it from Today, News+, or Search. You can open a story or issue, and access back issues, too. Apple News+ stories and issues appear in your Today feed, the Best of News+ feed, and channel feeds.

Here’s how to browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues on iPad.

Note: Apple News and Apple News+ aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Follow and unfollow publications

You follow an Apple News+ publication by following its channel.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Tap Today or News+ in the sidebar or tab bar, tap a story or issue from an Apple News+ publication, tap the publication’s name at the top of the screen, then tap the Follow button.
   • Tap the Search button in the sidebar or tab bar, enter the publication’s name in the search field, then tap the Follow button.
   • Tap News+ in the sidebar or tab bar, tap Newspapers or Catalog near the top of the screen, then tap Follow below the publication’s cover.

To unfollow a publication, swipe left on the publication in the sidebar, then tap Unfollow.

If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

Browse Apple News+ issues and stories

1. Open the News app on your iPad.

   Stories and issues from Apple News+ appear in the Today feed, Best of News+ feed, and channel feeds. Stories (but not issues) can also be found in topic feeds and search results.

2. To access entire issues, tap News+ in the sidebar or tab bar, where you can do any of the following:
   • View News+ content chosen just for you: Near the top of the screen, tap Best of News+.
   • View all available publications: Tap Catalog near the top of the screen.
   • View a specific content category: Tap Catalog and tap Featured. Tap a category such as Money & Business, Entertainment, or Sports.
   • View new and recent issues: Tap My Magazines. By default, new issues appear near the top of the screen. The issue you most recently read appears first. If you recently downloaded an issue, it appears next. To choose a different sorting option, tap the More button. Then tap Sort by Name or Sort by Date.

     Note: If you block an Apple News+ publication, its issues are removed from My Magazines.

Open a story or issue

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Tap an issue cover in News+ or the Today feed.
   • Tap the Search button in the sidebar or tab bar, enter the name of the Apple News+ channel in the search field, tap the channel, then tap the issue.
   • Follow a link to a story or issue that someone shared with you.

Access back issues

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Tap News+ in the sidebar or tab bar, tap My Magazines, tap the More button below the issue cover (or touch and hold the cover), then tap Browse Back Catalog.
   • In the sidebar, tap a channel you follow, or search for a channel, then tap it. Below Recent Issues, swipe to the issue you want to read, then tap to open it. To browse all available issues, tap Sections near the top of the screen, then tap Issues.

     If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

Read Apple News+ issues

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open the issue, where you can do any of the following:
   • Page through an issue: Swipe left to go to the next story, or swipe right to go to the previous story.
   • View the table of contents: When you’re reading a story, tap the More button. Then tap Go to Issue.
   • Change the text size: Tap the Text Size button. Then tap the smaller or larger letter to change the text size in the story and all other stories in the channel. If the issue is a PDF, pinch to zoom.

If you sign out in Settings > [your name] > Media & Purchases, you can only access free stories—you must sign back in to access stories and download issues that require an Apple News+ subscription.

See also

• Use Offline Mode to read downloaded News content on iPad

When you subscribe to Apple News+, you can access hundreds of magazines and newspapers, along with recipes, puzzles, and audio stories. You can share issues with others or download them for offline reading.

You can subscribe to Apple News+ or to Apple One Premier, which includes Apple News+ and other Apple services. With Family Sharing, you can share Apple News+ with up to five other family members, and they don’t need to do anything to get it.

Here’s how to subscribe to Apple News+ on iPad.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, Apple One and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Subscribe to Apple News+

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Tap the subscription button shown in a magazine, puzzle, recipe, or story.
   • Tap News+ in the sidebar or tab bar, then tap the subscription button.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

   You may be asked to sign in to your Apple Account.

Share Apple News+ with family members

When you subscribe to Apple News+ or Apple One Premier, Apple News+ is something you can share with up to five other family members if you use Family Sharing. They don’t need to do anything, since Apple News+ is available the first time they open News after your subscription begins.

Your own subscription isn’t renewed on your next billing date if you already subscribe and join a family group with Apple News+ or Apple One Premier. You use the group’s subscription instead, and a family group without one uses yours.

Note: If you don’t want to share Apple News+ with a family group anymore, cancel the subscription, leave a Family Sharing group, or remove a member from a Family Sharing group.

Cancel or change your Apple News+ subscription

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Subscriptions (in the sidebar below Manage).

   If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

3. Do one of the following:
   • Apple News+ only: Tap Cancel Subscription and then follow the onscreen instructions.
   • Apple News+ and individual channels: Select Apple News+, tap Cancel Subscription, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

See also

• See news stories chosen just for you on iPad
• Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues on iPad