Gridgate: the great crossword puzzle plagiarism caper

The Guardian reports on a post from FiveThirtyEight about the theft of crossword puzzle parts from the New York Times.
The great US crossword 'plagiarism' mystery

FiveThirtyEight reported on March 7, 2016:


The longtime editor of two major crossword puzzle series is temporarily stepping away from his editorial role, the puzzles’ publishers announced Monday [March 7], three days after FiveThirtyEight published an investigation into accusations of plagiarism against him.



link: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/usa-todays-embattled-crossword-puzzle-editor-is-stepping-back-for-now/

So far, no discussion of infringement of (copyright) rights of the New York Times.