Archive for the 'Black Ink' Category
Friday, June 12th, 2020
One of the challenges for Black Ink lovers is finding a steady supply of new puzzles to solve in the app. I publish a list of resources with pointers to many sources of free and paid puzzles, but there are yet more options out there! Matt Gritzmacher has a novel approach to addressing this problem, […]
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Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Black Ink 2.0.6 is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. This update improves some of Black Ink’s nuanced solving affordances, including its support for “direct clue navigation”. When you type a numeric value while solving in Black Ink, you see a heads-up display previewing the clue number you’ll […]
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
I’m excited to announce a new premium puzzle source for Black Ink: The Inkubator. This puzzle is dedicated to showcasing puzzles constructed by women. Or, as they put it: “cis women, trans women, & woman-aligned constructors.” The puzzles come out twice a month, and normally cost $25/year, but at the moment they are offering a […]
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
What better way to pass the time indoors than by enjoying a nice crossword puzzle? For many of us who solve the New York Times daily crossword, Rex Parker’s blog is a regular post-solving stop. If there’s anything that seemed unusually great or, more likely, unusually groan-worthy about a particular puzzle, Rex is likely to […]
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