"Ringing In the New Year" - December 27, 2019

[DaveKennison]

I'm always astonished by the clever assortment of things that other people find in the puzzles (even if/when they happen to be red herrings). What a creative bunch! Happy New Year to everyone ... !

[TMart]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

I've found that the WSJ app doesn't work too well on my phone, so I use the Puzzazz phone app.

You can download .puz versions of the WSJ puzzles here:

https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/19-wsj.html

I assume there will be a similarly titled web page for 2020.

[billkatz]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

I've found that the WSJ app doesn't work too well on my phone, so I use the Puzzazz phone app.

You can download .puz versions of the WSJ puzzles here:

https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/19-wsj.html

I assume there will be a similarly titled web page for 2020.

There must be a fan of the old "Adventure" computer game at the WSJ to use "xyzzy" as part of the URL. "You are in a maze of twisty passages..."

[MajordomoTom]

you have been eaten by a Gru

[BarbaraK]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

I've found that the WSJ app doesn't work too well on my phone, so I use the Puzzazz phone app.

You can download .puz versions of the WSJ puzzles here:

https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/19-wsj.html

I assume there will be a similarly titled web page for 2020.

I use puzzazz to solve puzzles from other places, but when I try to open a WSJ one, it won’t let me. This is what I get.

Is there some setting to convince puzzazz that I should be allowed to do the WSJ puzzles?

[MajordomoTom]

I'm going to guess not, that the WSJ has, for whatever reason, decided to block that app from working with their puzzle.

[TMart]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

I've found that the WSJ app doesn't work too well on my phone, so I use the Puzzazz phone app.

You can download .puz versions of the WSJ puzzles here:

https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/19-wsj.html

I assume there will be a similarly titled web page for 2020.

I use puzzazz to solve puzzles from other places, but when I try to open a WSJ one, it won’t let me. This is what I get.

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Is there some setting to convince puzzazz that I should be allowed to do the WSJ puzzles?

Oops, you’re right - I think I get the same thing on my phone. But I can download on a computer from that site. I do so many metas each week, I have trouble remembering which is which - the others work on the phone, but for some reason the WSJ .puz files only work on the computer.

[Joe Ross]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

Barbara,

I assume that you mean that you want to see the entire grid, not the clues. If so, the grid can be slightly adjusted vertically with a finger or thumb drag. You can see the answers of the top & bottom rows, at least on my phone:

[BarbaraK]

Does anyone use the WSJ app to solve crosswords? I just installed it on my iPhone, wondering if it would give me a way to see the whole puzzle at once while I'm solving or working on the meta. I can't find the current puzzle anywhere in the app. When I search on "crossword" I get a random selection of older ones, and when I click one of those, I only see an option to get the PDF.

Barbara,

I assume that you mean that you want to see the entire grid, not the clues. If so, the grid can be slightly adjusted vertically with a finger or thumb drag. You can see the answers of the top & bottom rows, at least on my phone:


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I think your phone is bigger than my iPhone SE. (OK, everybody’s phone is bigger than my SE:)

[MajordomoTom]

no, my old iPhone 4 (not 4S, 4) is smaller