App Detail » Crosswords

What's New

fixed ability to use shift-tab to go to the previous clue using an external keyboard.

App Description

"… the definitive source for puzzles for iOS…" -- the New York Times

Play the Award Winning Crosswords on your iPad or iPhone, optimized for iOS 12! Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; wake up each day to new puzzles, solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving!

• Touch and hold a square to view hints
• 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, difficulty or source
• Detailed info on each puzzle
• Post your solve times online and compare with other solvers

After upgrading, you can also:
• Automatically get new puzzles every day
• Access nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sources
• Grab older puzzles with a tap
• Download new puzzles automatically in the background

Upgraded Puzzle Sources:
• Brendan Emmett Quigley's Weekly Puzzle
• Inkwell Crossword (Archives only)
• Village Voice (Archives only)
• Chronicle of Higher Education (Archives only)
• King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier)
• People Magazine (Archives only)
• Newsday (Archives only)
• Andy Kravis, Cruciverbist at Law
• Glutton for Pun
• MacNamara’s Band
• Murchie’s Monday Fills
• Neville Fogarty
• Puzzle Express
• The Stickler Weekly
• World of Crosswords

Premium Crosswords subscription required:
• Matt Gaffney’s Crossword Contest
• American Values Crossword
• Crooked Crosswords

Providers list subject to change.
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App Changes

• June 08, 2014 Initial release
• September 25, 2014 New version 3.4
• October 04, 2014 New version 3.5
• October 23, 2014 New version 3.51
• October 25, 2014 New version 3.52
• December 31, 2014 New version 3.53
• August 13, 2015 New version 3.54
• August 29, 2015 New version 3.55
• September 20, 2015 New version 3.56
• December 16, 2015 New version 3.57
• February 03, 2016 New version 3.58
• June 22, 2016 New version 3.59.1
• July 14, 2016 New version 3.59.2
• June 13, 2019 New version 3.60.5
• September 26, 2019 New version 2019.4
• October 21, 2019 New version 2019.5
• October 28, 2019 New version 2019.7
• November 26, 2019 New version 2019.8
• July 14, 2020 New version 2020.3
• December 09, 2020 New version 2020.6
• August 05, 2021 New version 2021.2
• September 16, 2023 New version 2022.1