Archive for the 'Black Ink' Category

Black Ink 2.2: Calendar Browsing, NYT Enhancements, and Dark Mode Toggle

Monday, April 11th, 2022

Black Ink 2.2 is now available on the Black Ink site and has been submitted to the Mac App Store for review. This update features an all-new calendar based interface for selecting the puzzle to open and solve: By default, the puzzle browser will always default to selecting the most recent date for a publication […]

Black Ink 2.1.9: New York Times Improvements

Sunday, October 31st, 2021

Black Ink 2.1.9 is now available on the Black Ink site and has been submitted for review to the Mac App Store. This update addresses a bug with New York Times puzzle importing that caused today’s puzzle, October 31, 2021, to be imported wrong. If you already imported today’s puzzle you will need to delete […]

Black Ink 2.1.8: Fix NYT Circled Squares

Sunday, September 12th, 2021

Black Ink 2.1.8 is now available on the Black Ink site and has been submitted to the Mac App Store. This update fixes a problem in which some New York Times puzzles with circled squares did not appear correctly. If you already downloaded a puzzle such as today’s September 12 puzzle, you can delete the […]

Black Ink 2.1.7: Preserving New York Times Support

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Black Ink 2.1.7 is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. Last week, the New York Times shocked the crossword community by announcing that they would drop support for the Across Lite download format in just one week. What a week it’s been! As I write this on Tuesday […]