The gameboard on the NYT Crossword application is setup just like any standard crossword puzzle. I was actually fairly impressed with the graphic choices on the game, while a simple grid would have sufficed, the color choices and fonts used actually looked really good on my Blackberry Curve.
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As you'll notice from the picture above the screen also shows the highlighted area that you are attempting to solve, along with the question in pop up form. This is a great way to navigate around the screen to see each question for each area. You'll also notice a timer at the top left part of the screen so you can challenge yourself to answer questions as quickly as possible.
I also liked that I could simply go through the "up" and "down" question area and answer each question without having to navigate the puzzler. This is actually a really challenging prospect since there are no visual que's to help with answers.
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Finally, once I solved each puzzler I was provided with my correct answers total, the time it took to solve each puzzle, the number of letters used and my overall score. This is great for challenging friends to beat your scores, but honestly I only played, for obvious reasons, namely that beating my score if I already knew the words would be pointless.
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The navigation on the program is simple once I figured it out and sure the questions were on par with the NYT version. However at $4.99 I actually thought it was high priced considering it only comes with 30 puzzlers and no way to update those gameboards with new crosswords once you complete all of the boards. This was the biggest let down with the application.
I also wish it would have offered some type of multiplayer mode so you could challenge other people to take on the same boards you've defeated.
