Browser extension for downloading .puz/.jpz files from Crossword applets

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  • xword-dl

    ⬛⬜⬛ Command line tool to scrape crosswords from online solvers and save them as .puz files ⬛⬜⬛

    • There's nothing too groundbreaking here - a great PuzzleMe -> PUZ/JPZ bookmarklet was posted here just last week, and xword-dl can pull puzzles from applets as well - but my hope is this makes it a bit easier to use and keep up to date, and also supports a few more formats + has a bit deeper compatibility for trickier puzzles.

  • CrosswordScraper

    Browser extension which downloads crosswords from crossword applets for offline solving.

    • If you have feature requests / bugs, or want to contribute yourself or hack locally, the source code and issue tracker is available here. I'm planning to add PDF generation, an option to make Downs Only files, and better support for unicode characters when converting to .puz (but you should really use .jpz instead if you can!).

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  • crosshare

    Crosshare is a free and ad-free community for crossword constructors and solvers

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