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Crosswords Classic Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Crosswords Classic

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

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
• Enter Numbers and other special characters by holding down keys
• 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:
• Brendan Emmett Quigley's Weekly Puzzle
• Jonesin'
• King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier)
• Newsday
• 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

• 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 still 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 •

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. Multiplayer requires iOS 6.0 or later.

Privacy Policy: https://www.standalone.com/legal/
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What's New in the Latest Version 2.93

Last updated on Apr 4, 2024

Old Versions

Fixed a crash when hitting the Help button.

Version History

2.93

Apr 4, 2024

Fixed a crash when hitting the Help button.

2.92

Jan 3, 2024

Fixed crash when viewing help on certain iPads

2.91

Dec 28, 2023

Fixed arrow keys on external keyboards.

2.90

Dec 26, 2023

Updated for iOS 17

2.88

Sep 11, 2021

Fixed a problem where the settings button would sometimes be hidden.

2.87

Jul 24, 2021

Fixed a problem filling in some One Across clues
Fixed a problem entering in credentials in dark mode
Fixed Drop Box compatibility
Fixed pen/pencil button

2.86

Nov 23, 2020

- cleaned up settings a bit
- fixed text colors in Credentials entry
- fixed problem showing index tabs in some cases

2.85

Nov 5, 2020

Lots of fixes for iOS 14

2.84

Apr 2, 2020

fixed importing of downloaded puzzles

2.83

Mar 31, 2020

- fixed problem showing entire puzzle hints or glancing at the solution
- fixed problem importing some puzzles

2.82

Oct 20, 2019

- fixed a problem displaying errors
- adjusted the spacing of clue bar buttons

2.81

Oct 13, 2019

- fixed a bug where certain alert buttons would be flipped.

2.80.09

Oct 11, 2019

Updated for iOS 13
Added support for iCloud Drive

2.80.08

Dec 28, 2018

fixed a problem importing puzzles.

2.80.07

Dec 22, 2018

2018 iPad support

2.80.06

Aug 2, 2018

- fixed a selection issue when showing errors inverted

2.80.05

Mar 17, 2018

- fixed a problem where puzzle progress could be erased after importing.

2.80.04

Feb 7, 2018

- fixed a problem importing certain puzzles

2.80.03

Feb 5, 2018

- fixed a problem entering rebus clues
- fixed a few other minor (uncommon) bugs
- fixed some achievement display issues

2.80.02

Jan 29, 2018

- fixed problem downloading older puzzles via the calendar
- enable synching for imported puzzles
- fixed a few sporadic other bugs

2.80.1

Nov 27, 2017

- fixed some display problems on 4" iPhones (iPhone 5, 5s, and SE)
- restored scroll-to-bottom on iPad
- fixed a keyboard problem on iPhone X landscape
- now require iOS 8

2.80

Nov 11, 2017

- iPhone X support
- additional characters available via long-pressing on "P" and "Q" keys (iPhone)
- fixed a few minor bugs

2.79.11

Oct 12, 2017

- fixed a problem when deleting a puzzle and trying to play the next one.

2.79.10

Oct 10, 2017

- fixed problem deleting current and advancing to the next puzzle automatically
- restored Dropbox functionality

2.79.8

Aug 18, 2017

- fixed a problem refreshing encrypted puzzles
- fixed a problem displaying freshly imported puzzles
- fixed a problem importing puzzles from Safari if Crosswords was not running in the background
- fixed potential problem where a puzzle might be deleted when playing
- fixed loupe image problem when in landscape
- fixed display problem when completing puzzles in landscape on iPhone 6/7+ devices

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