Gain access to various ACROSS LITE puzzles to solve them at will. Download and open the files containing the components and organize them accordingly. Process the detailed information on the structure of the content, including weekly updated web puzzles.
Black Ink is a crossword solving application for Mac OS X, its intuitive interface and advanced puzzle solving tools are a joy for crossword lovers of all ages and skills.
Black Ink connects users with the puzzles they are passionate about. Download new puzzles from the Internet, solve them with an advanced on-screen editor, or print them out for the long weekend away from the office. Black Ink covers all of the puzzle-solver's needs.
v2.2 [Apr 14, 2022]
This version includes two fixes:
- Fix a crashing bug when opening NYT puzzles on some Macs
- Fix drawing of clue text with superscript and subscript characters
Version 2.2.1 included a number of incremental improvements and bug fixes:
- Color preferences can now be reset to default values
- Printed puzzles now include any formatting, e.g. italics, bold, that are specified for clues
- Puzzles based on east coast US timezone should now be available at the appropriate time in other time zones
- Fix a bug in 2.2 that caused kerning of text to be disabled in the clue lists
- Fix a bug that caused the app to sometimes become unresponsive while handling formatted clue text
- Fix auto-shrinking of clue font size to fit longer clues without clipping them
- Fix a variety of cosmetic glitches that affected older versions of macOS
- Fix a bug that prevented clues and grid numbers from being printed by default
- The puzzle timer no longer restarts automatically if a reopened puzzle is already solved
- Checking a puzzle that is complete and correct now re-displays completion panel
Version 2.2 included all of these improvements:
* New calendar-based puzzle browser for easier download of historical puzzles *
* Preferences now includes an option to run in Dark Mode, Light Mode, or System default *
* New York Times Enhancements *
- Support for shaded squares (previously they were shown as circles)
- Support for italics, bold, and special characters in clue text
* Other fixes and enhancements *
- The app now prompts to open another puzzle after finishing with one
- When solving, the delete key now moves to previous word if first letter is already blank
- Improved performance opening next puzzle for sources that have a large number of previously downloaded puzzles
- Improved drawing of checked/revealed/incorrect symbols especially on non-Retina displays
- Puzzle answers are now considered correct even if they don't match upper/lower case
- Fix a crashing bug that could occur if right-clicking on the preview puzzle in Preferences
- Improved the appearance of answer letters in cells, particular longer "Special Entry" answers
- Elapsed solving time is now saved with the puzzle when closing/re-opening
- The Copy Clue menu item no longer includes the clue number in the copied text
- Fix a crash that could occur when entering special answers in some puzzles
- Accessibility: puzzle chooser now hides puzzle source icons from VoiceOver
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The aim of Sudoku Companion is to make solving Sudoku puzzles more convenient.
