The free archive covers Jan 1976 – May 2018.
Either way, the Down clues stay hidden. That's the whole point.
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Across (all you get)
Down (you caved)
Solved!
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Connect NYT
One-time setup, easiest on a computer: log in at nytimes.com, open dev tools
(right-click → Inspect → Application → Cookies → nytimes.com) and copy the value of the
cookie named NYT-S. It stays saved in your browser and is only sent to this site to fetch puzzles.