As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoy solving crossword puzzles. Happily, you needn’t subscribe to a newspaper to get your daily fix. There are several apps available on just about every platform that provide you with as many of the puzzles as you could wish. Although those apps are available on my Macs, I don’t have one installed because I always use my iPad or, in a pinch, my iPhone for the puzzles.
Still, that’s just me. It’s entirely reasonable that others would prefer to solve their crosswords on their lap- or desktops. If you’re one of those people and you’ve further achieved the enlightenment that everything possible should be done from within Emacs, I have good news: there’s an Emacs package for that. It’s available on Melpa so it’s easy to install if you want to try it out.
As I say, I don’t use a Mac for indulging my Crossword habit so I haven’t tried it out but it seems nice enough from the documentation. If I ever decide to move my Crossword habit to my laptop, I’ll certainly give it a try. If you’re into Crosswords and Emacs, this seems like a nice solution.
If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think.