Crosswords
By Stand Alone, Inc.
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Description
Download and play crossword puzzles right on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; with one tap you can download and solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving!
The #1 Crossword Player on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch just got even better!
✓ New: Sync your puzzles with Crosswords for Mac; Start a puzzle on your Mac, then finish it on your iPhone or iPad.
✓ Get new puzzles every day
✓ Touch and hold a square to view hints on iPad
✓ One tap downloads all of today's puzzles
✓ Nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sites
✓ US and UK Cryptic puzzles available
✓ Hints, Websites, and Clue lookups
✓ Enter answers in 'ink' or 'pencil'
✓ Quickly see your recently played, or sort by date or provider
✓ Detailed info on each puzzle
✓ Post your solve times online and compare with other solvers
✓ Grab older puzzles with a tap
✓ Tap the clue list with two fingers to adjust the font size (iPad only)
Included Puzzle Sources:
+ We are currently working with several of the recently removed providers; we hope to have these puzzles back soon. Thanks for your patience! +
• NY Times Classic Crosswords
• The Onion A.V. Club Crossword
• Village Voice
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Independent
• Manchester Evening News
• King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier)
• NY Times (Home Delivery or Premium Crosswords subscription required)
• Telegraph UK Quick & Cryptic Crosswords (subscription required)
• People Magazine
• Newsday
• Subscription crossword puzzles by Elizabeth C. Gorski -- Crossword Nation
• Subscription crossword puzzles by Brendan Emmett Quigley
• Additional puzzles downloadable via the Puzzle Browser; browse the web and download more!
* Providers list subject to change. Some providers may no longer be publishing, but may sill have older puzzles available in Archive form, accessible via the "Download Older Puzzles" option. *
☆ For support, please visit our website at http://www.standalone.com, or http://getsatisfaction.com/standalone ☆
Tips:
☞ You can tap on the clue text at the bottom of the screen to toggle across & down
☞ Rotate the screen to see both the puzzle and clues
☞ Touch for a moment then drag to precisely select a square.
☞ Touch the Plus to download older puzzles
Please note that Crosswords requires an internet connection to download puzzles. Syncing puzzles to your Mac requires the purchase of Crosswords from the Mac App Store.
Also note that any puzzle subscriptions purchased via in-app purchase will be auto-renewing each month, and billed to your iTunes account.
What's New in Version 2.32
- fixed display problem with rectangular puzzles
Customer Reviews
My most used app
I've had this app for at least 2 years. So far only 1 problem and they fixed it in about a 2 week span.
Love the refinement
I had a problem with the last version, but the authors responded and this version fixes it. Thanks!
Looks great on the new ipad
finally got a new iPad, and crosswords looks great on it. thanks
- $9.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: May 08, 2012
- Version: 2.32
- Size: 7.0 MB
- Languages: English, French, Spanish
- Seller: Stand Alone, Inc.
- © 2008-12 Stand Alone, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later
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