The range of crossword titles I am seeing at US transit locations this year is down on last year and considerably down on two years ago. It is as if a tap has been wound back. Whereas previously there would have been twenty to thirty titles in good locations, now there are a few titles at the bottom of a magazine unit, looking neglected:
I am not sure if we can safely ready anything into this as the US magazine route to market is completely different to ours. However, there has been a considerable decline in transit where category representation was consistent for ages.