On an average day, tens of millions of people visit The New York Times Games section to solve the latest crossword puzzle, keep their Wordle streak alive, or see if they can figure out the mystery of that day’s Connections puzzle. Two-thirds of the site’s weekly visitors play two or more games. Half play four or more.

Despite that, or perhaps because of it, The Times only occasionally releases new game offerings—typically one per year. So that makes Monday’s release of Pips, the latest permanent addition to the collection especially significant. It’s not only new, it’s a new kind of puzzle, eschewing wordplay for logic. And if the reactions to the beta test (which launched in Canada in April)—and the outcry when The Times took the game offline for final polishing—are any indication, the c

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