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Newspaper Crossword Puzzles

Puzzle • Hoku - "Visualize the Internet like never before." • ⭐ 4.20 • 100+

Version 1.37 Everyone

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Status	Permission	What it means	Why it may be used	User safety note
ℹ️ Review	Read The Contents Of Your Usb Storage read the contents of your USB storage	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Modify Or Delete The Contents Of Your Usb Storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	View Network Connections view network connections	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Full Network Access full network access	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Run At Startup run at startup	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Control Vibration control vibration	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Prevent Device From Sleeping prevent device from sleeping	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.
ℹ️ Review	Google Play License Check Google Play license check	This is an Android permission or app-specific permission requested by the app.	The app may use this permission for features related to its category, device support, background behavior, storage, connectivity, or system integration.	Review this permission before installing, especially if it does not match the app’s expected purpose.

About Newspaper Crossword Puzzles

Do you like crossword puzzles? Tired of all those repetitive boring and easy crossword puzzle apps? Well welcome to the Daily Newspaper Crossword Puzzle app! Our crossword puzzle app only accesses all original and freshly updated crossword puzzles. Download daily and weekly crossword puzzles, scrape from webpages, or import your own puzzle sources via a URL. There is also a regularly updated puzzle source webpage that contains many other puzzle sources which can also be accessed and downloaded via the app. This app is a fork of the Shortyz crossword app that has been discontinued. It has been updated and modified to work on the latest version of Android as well as most older versions of Android. This app has many features, see screenshots for all settings options. There is also a dark mode, light mode, or device theme. The puzzle sources are mostly English, with some French, German, Polish, and other international puzzle sources. The app can be hooked into external dictionaries, ChatGPT (API Key Required), DuckDuckGo clue search, Fifteen Squared, and has a built-in crossword solver. The app includes Import/Export Settings, Keyboard Settings, Display Settings, Browser Settings, Interaction Settings, and Many Additional App Options! (See Screenshots) Puzzle Sources Included, But Not Limited To: Daily Sources: New York Times Syndicated The Wall Street Journal USA Today Newsday Sheffer Crossword Universal Crossword Guardian Daily Cryptic Independent Daily Cryptic Irish News Cryptic Thomas Jones Crossword Metro Cryptic 20 Minutes Le Parisien Force 1,2,3,4 De Standard Hamburger Abendblatt Weekly Sources: The Washington Post Sunday Jonesin' Crossword Guardian Weekly Quptic Premier Crossword De Telegraaf Page Scrapers: Cryptic Cru Workshop Archive Guardian Everyman Guardian Quick Crossword Kegler's Kryptics Private Eye Przekroj Looking for more puzzle action? Simply click on download and change the date, there are thousands of previous puzzles in the archive. NOTE: The puzzle update frequency varies with each puzzle source. Sometimes for unknown reasons puzzles may not be published, or may skip days, updates are dependent on the puzzle source and have nothing to do with the App functioning properly. If the puzzle source does not publish on that day there is no update. THIS APP IS 100% AD FREE “What's A Nine Letter Word For A 'Type Of Word Puzzle Game?' Like playing the Will Shortz New York Times Edition Crossword? USA Today Crossword? Washington Post Crossword? The Wall Street Journal Crossword? or The Guardian Cryptic? Play all these crossword puzzles and many others on any Android Mobile Device. Browse daily or weekly crosswords and access crossword puzzle archives for endless hours of crossword puzzle challenges to solve offline anywhere in the world! FACT: 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the crossword puzzle. On December 21, 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, England, published a "word-cross" puzzle in the New York World that embodied…

What Newspaper Crossword Puzzles Is Used For

Newspaper Crossword Puzzles appears to be a crossword-solving and puzzle-downloading app for Android phones. Based on the metadata, it is used to access daily and weekly crossword sources, including newspaper-style puzzles and archived entries, so it may suit people who want a larger variety of crossword content than a single built-in puzzle set.

The app also seems designed for users who want more control over how they work with puzzles. It mentions importing puzzle sources by URL, scraping puzzles from webpages, using a built-in solver, and connecting to external dictionaries or clue-search tools. The available settings suggest it may be useful for adjusting keyboard behavior, display options such as dark mode or device theme, and other interaction preferences. Because it includes network access, storage access, and startup behavior, it likely needs internet connectivity to download puzzles and local storage to save or manage puzzle files and settings.

Common uses

Download daily and weekly crossword puzzles from multiple sources
Open archived puzzles for older crossword sessions
Import puzzle sources through a URL
Use built-in solving and clue-search tools while working on puzzles
Adjust display, keyboard, and interaction settings for personal preference
Store or export settings and puzzle-related files on the device
Use on an Android phone for reading and solving crossword puzzles

Best for:

Crossword fans Daily puzzle readers Phone users Archive puzzlers Settings-focused users

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App Details

Package:
com.joystick.crossword.puzzles

Category:
Puzzle

Developer:
Hoku - "Visualize the Internet like never before."

Version:
1.37

Updated:
Feb 3, 2025

Min Android:
5.0

Age Rating:
Everyone

Contains Ads:
No

In-App Purchases:
No

Official Listing

Official listing available on Google Play
Package name: com.joystick.crossword.puzzles
Age rating: Everyone

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