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Apple News Puzzles are a set of games available exclusively to subscribers of Apple News Plus. News+ Puzzles currently offer three daily games: Crossword, Mini, and most recently Quartiles.

Crosswords
Crossword is Apple's version of the classic crossword game. All Apple News+ Puzzles crosswords consist of a 15x15 board, where the object of the game is to complete the empty boxes using the clues given, such as "Entrance to a tent", where the answer is "FLAP". Apple also offers the Mini, a 5x5 crossword for players seeking a faster game. A new Crossword and Mini are generated daily, and range in difficulty from "Easy" to "Challenging".

Quartiles
Quartiles is Apple's most recent addition to their News+ Puzzles, available only to Apple Plus subscribers using a device with iOS 17.5 or macOS 14.5 and later. The object of the game is to use the 20 tiles containing word fragments to reach 100 points by joining them to create words. Each puzzle is generated by slicing five words ("Quartiles") into five sets of tiles, laid out on a 4x5 grid.

The player is awarded 1 point for 1-tile words, 2 points for 2-tile words, and 4 points for 3-tile words, with Quartiles receiving 8 points when found. If the player finds all five Quartiles, they are awarded an extra 40 points.