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In April 2005, the magazine began using the last page of each issue for "The New Yorker Cartoon [[Caption Contest]]". Captionless cartoons by ''The New Yorker''{{'}}s regular cartoonists are printed each week. Captions are submitted by readers, and three are chosen as finalists. Readers then vote on the winner. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caption Contest Rules |url=https://www.newyorker.com/about/caption-contest-rules |website=The New Yorker |accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref> Each contest winner receives a print of the cartoon (with the winning caption), signed by the artist who drew the cartoon.

 

The New Yorker launched a crossword puzzle series in April 2018 with a weekday crossword published every Monday. Subsequently, it launched a second, weekend crossword that appears on Fridays and relaunched cryptic puzzles that were run in the magazine in the late 1990s. The puzzles are written by a rotating stable of seven constructors. The crosswords integrate cartoons into the puzzle playing experience. The Christmas 2019 issue featured a crossword puzzle by Patrick Berry that had cartoons as clues, and the answers were captions for the cartoons. In December 2019, Liz Maynes-Aminzade was named the first puzzles and games editor of The New Yorker.