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About
A tool for authoring and editing pencil-and-paper style puzzles. Its features include: - Supports multiple crossword types, including barred and cryptics - Loads and saves .ipuz file format - Style support for individual cells - Suggests words when creating grids - Autofill functionality and theme word best-fit - Word definitions and indicator hints for writing clues
Changelog
New features and improvements in this release: - Added an overlay to the grid editor: Adds spell checking, heatmap, and unch/dead cell checking - Global skip list that persists across sessions and dictionary changes - Improved histogram for grid data - Theme words dialog improvements. Filters out invalid grids - Magnifier to give a zoomed view of the current cell - Auto advance during clue entry - Many small interface improvements
Additional information
- Developer
- Jonathan Blandford
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category
- Puzzle
- Size
- 57.5 MB
- Homepage
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crosswords
- Available via
- Flathub (Flatpak), Fedora
- Catalog data as of
- 9/3/2026 (dataset snapshot date — per-app update dates aren't tracked yet)