At 10:07 on 01 Dec 2009, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
I don't have access to any interesting newspaper crosswords on paper, as I live outside the distribution area of the English-language press. In any case, some NYT clues are impossible without encyclopedic knowledge of American sports teams and personalities, so Google is a requirement "in extremis".
FYI, the Guardian crosswords are free online in a Java applet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword