Crosswords
Developed by Stand Alone, Inc | Last updated: May 10, 2024
Crosswords is a free-to-play puzzle entertainment game app, developed by Stand Alone, Inc, available on iOS and Android since its release in October 2013. The updated version 2023.3 is now available to download, compatible with iOS 12.0+ and Android 10+. Before downloading this app, let's quickly review what Crosswords has to offer.
About Crosswords
"… 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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What's new in version 2023.3
Updated for iOS 17
Need help? Use our Crosswords Walkthrough page or sign up and make your contribution today.
Download the Crosswords App
Crosswords has an IPA/APK download size of 12 MB on its latest version. Crosswords is FREE to download. Ready to install? Ensure you have at least 15 MB of storage space available, then tap the button or scan the QR code below to start the download process!
Ranking History in App Store (U.S)
Changelog
Compatibility
- iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- Old devices: iPhone X/SE/8/7/6
- iPad Pro
- iPad Mini
Review: Going Downhill for voiceover users :(
This is the only crossword app I have found accessible to blind folks with screen readers, but it has developed...
By n8lag
Review: I like this
Responsive, fresh, and notebook/iPad oriented for once. Clues are better than easy. Two suggestions: implement the arrow keys on...
By agedefying
Review: A change to a great app
I love the phone version of this app. The ipad version is workable but so very crowded. i would like...
By Overwater
Review: Too easy
The “hard” puzzle was easy and you cannot tell when you are done. Meh.
By Misfire 7778
Review: WSJ stopped importing
I’ve bee a fan since ‘classic’ for my WSJ puzzles. Today I downloaded the 21 Aug file from WSJ, opened...
By Wayne Sadin