USA TODAY Games: Crossword+

Name: USA TODAY Games: Crossword+
Rating: 4.49052 (4483 reviews)

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User Reviews for USA TODAY Games: Crossword+

Good game but interface issues

Great crossword but please PLEASE give us a dark mode. I like crossword puzzles before bed but the white background is glaring in a game I look to for enjoyment. The order of the words will also get stuck in the loop, will push me to go back instead of forwards and get stuck between.

annniewaays, Apr 10, 2022

Fun but Repetitive and Trying to be too Woke?

Agree with those saying the progression arrows need work especially when maneuvering ‘down’ clues. The reason for my lower rating however is the repetition (e.g., most all crosswords have “ale(s)”, “ante”, etc.) and that I feel like the creators are trying to be too “woke”. I’m generally all in favor of trying to increase ones cultural awareness, or learning an additional language, but I look to crossword puzzels more for mental/memory stimulation and maybe some vocabulary enrichment and not to ask for words in languages I do not speak or obscure cultural facts that at best constitute as cultural trivia. All that said, I do enjoy the one a day puzzles which tend to be pretty quick, easy, and fun, while still a little bit challanging.

Anonomus Player, Mar 26, 2022

Not worth the aggravation

Too many quirks in the app that make the process of solving a puzzle more irritating than it should be. The navigation is cumbersome, and I find myself getting frustrated trying to enter or change letters. And to top it off, the app itself is temperamental, and sometimes won’t load. The puzzles are ok - a little on the easy side - but the actual game play needs a major overhaul.

Astutebug1, Jun 17, 2022

Nice puzzles, clunky interface.

Puzzles are well constructed and are on the easy side. The interface is not as well done. For example, when trying to overwrite an entire word, instead of automatically advancing to the next letter to be replaced, the cursor jumps to the next word. The word and each subsequent letter must, therefore, be manually reselected.Accessing the archive is painfully slow, especially for unplayed puzzles. It takes several minutes. That is when it works at all. Too often searching the archive for unplayed puzzles returns an “empty list”.

BuckeyB, Jan 31, 2023

Buggy and slow

The most recent update removes the previous and next arrows to jump between clues. This makes navigating the puzzle very frustrating, especially when there doesn’t seem to be any logic behind what clue you end up on after completing one. Loading the puzzle archive takes forever, and it defaults to showing all puzzles instead of unplayed ones, so you have to select the option for only unplayed puzzles and then wait forever a second time. After I’ve completed a puzzle, if a start a second, more often than not I can’t type in the boxes. The keyboard acts like it’s working but no letters appear. I have to force close the app and restart it, then go though the slow multi-step process to get to a puzzle from the archive again. The puzzles themselves are pretty good but there can be a lot of word repetition from day to day. In difficulty, they’re roughly equal to a bit easier than an NYT Monday puzzle. It’s about right for me now, being a crossword newbie, but I feel like I might outgrow them in less than the timeframe of the one year subscription I purchased.

Chris01973, Sep 13, 2022

Better puzzle navigation

Can you please update the app so that you can pick archived puzzles by month and year. It’s getting to the point where it takes me 5 minutes just to get to a unsolved puzzle.

Davider73, Apr 01, 2022

Slow and poor UI

TLDR; great puzzles, terrible app There is no way to navigate using a keyboard. You have to touch the box you want to type in. No tab, no arrow keys. Makes for very clunky use, to the point I won’t continue after the free trial. That is a shame, as I do like the puzzles themselves. Small things like the font is too small and is not centered. It just takes up the bottom half of the box (ugh OCD.) Add to that the lag from typing until the letters appear and it actually makes it frustrating to play.

Haskell99, May 23, 2023

Sufficient but needs improvement

As of the last update, auto-moving to the next clue does not work properly; the cursor moves to the 2nd open box, not the first. This issue did not exist a couple of weeks ago. I am on a 3rd gen iPad Pro running IOS 16.1 Getting to unplayed archived puzzles is a waste of time. Users have to scroll down and wait for 20-some completed puzzles to load, and continue scroll and wait action until they get to an unplayed puzzle. Put a link to unplayed puzzles please. Other than these two issues, it’s a good app.

honest david, Nov 03, 2022

Very disappointing

Before the most recent (Feb 2022) “updates,” this crossword puzzle app worked flawlessly and was enjoyable to use. Since the update, it is almost unusable. Arrows are useless now. Navigating “across” questions seems to work alright but trying to navigate “down” is impossible because it keeps jumping back to “across.” Text used to be larger - or maybe it was bold - but it was easy to read. Not now. A perfectly good app has been ruined. What a shame.

LuGibbs, Mar 04, 2022

Incomplete Puzzles Option Not Working

I paid for a full year subscription. When I try to access the puzzle archive, I found that the Incomplete Puzzles Option From the drop down is not working. This results in endless scrolling down and waste of time to get to a crossword you have not solved before.

Mitko7, Jun 30, 2022

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Elevate your puzzle-solving skills with the USA TODAY Crossword & Sudoku app! Challenge yourself daily with our renowned crossword puzzles, sudoku grids, and Quick Cross while keeping track of your progress, all in one ultimate puzzle games app. • DAILY CROSSWORD CHALLENGE: Start your day with our iconic daily crossword puzzle, a brain teaser loved by millions. Free to play and accessible anytime, anywhere. • PERSONALIZED PUZZLE EXPERIENCE: Monitor your stats, pause puzzles, and change difficulty settings for a tailored gaming experience. • PUZZLE ARCHIVE: Delve into over a decade's worth of crossword puzzles, sudoku grids, and Quick Cross challenges.

Hours of puzzle-solving fun await! • GET PUZZLE HINTS: Stuck on a clue? Don't worry! Request hints to keep the puzzle excitement going. • SUDOKU FUN: In addition to daily crosswords, challenge your logic with sudoku puzzles, available right at your fingertips. • ULTIMATE PUZZLE GAMES: USA TODAY Crossword Puzzle Game & Sudoku is your one-stop destination for daily crossword, sudoku, and Quick Cross challenges, designed for puzzle enthusiasts of all levels. Download the USA TODAY Crossword & Sudoku app today and enjoy hours of mind-bending puzzle fun. The app is free to download and play, with premium features available through in-app subscriptions. Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation and renew automatically unless you disable them in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Find more details and customer support in the app's settings. Privacy Policy: http://static.usatoday.com/privacy Terms of Service: http://static.usatoday.com/terms Got questions or feedback? Reach out to us at [email protected].