NYT Chrome Extension

Start a Co-rossword game with today's New York Times daily puzzle — or an archive puzzle from the NYT page you have open.

The Co-rossword Chrome extension lets you start a multiplayer game from the NYT daily crossword you're already subscribed to. Click Start Co-rossword game in the extension popup — it imports that puzzle and opens it ready to play with a partner.

Works with your existing NYT Games subscription (signed in on Chrome)
Reads the puzzle date from NYT archive URLs like …/crosswords/game/daily/2026/05/03
Opens the puzzle so you can invite a partner and play across/down together

iPhone or iPad?

Safari on iOS cannot load a Chrome extension. Use our Safari bookmarklet instead — same flow: open an NYT crossword, tap the bookmark, and Start Co-rossword game.

Install iOS bookmarklet

Install in Chrome

This extension is not on the Chrome Web Store — install it once via Load unpacked (developer mode).

Open chrome://extensions in Chrome.
Turn on Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner).
Click Load unpacked.
Select the extension folder on your computer (see below).

Get the extension

Download the extension package from this site, unzip it, then load the extension/ folder in Chrome.

Download extension.zip

After downloading

Unzip corossword-extension.zip — you should see an extension/ folder
In Chrome's Load unpacked dialog, select that extension/ folder

Using the extension

Sign in to NYT Games in Chrome (nytimes.com/crosswords).
Open the crossword you want — today's page or an archive URL such as …/crosswords/game/daily/2026/05/03.
Click the extension icon → Start Co-rossword game.
On success, choose Play as Across or Play as Down to start your multiplayer game.

Daily NYT weekday puzzles (15×15 and 14×15) are supported. Sunday 21×21 puzzles are not supported.

This extension is for enjoying puzzles you personally have access to through your NYT Games subscription with your friends and family. Do not share, publish, or redistribute imported puzzle content.