Black Ink supports puzzles in the Across Lite format, available from a variety of free and premium sources. The app is pre-configured to download puzzles from the following premium subscription services: New York Times. The world-famous standard for intellectual puzzles that cover a range of topics. AV Club. a long-standing puzzle source featuring edgier puzzles […]

Liz Gorski’s Crossword Nation is a weekly puzzle subscription that is devoted to creating “Tuesday-level” puzzles. In the scale of New York Times Monday-Saturday puzzle difficulty, this means that they are not completely easy, but not too difficult either. Users with Crossword Nation memberships can open the puzzle directly from Black Ink’s “Web Puzzles” window. […]

The Inkubator Crossword is dedicated to publishing puzzles created by women – cis women, trans women, and woman-aligned constructors. Users with Inkubator memberships can open the puzzle directly from Black Ink’s “Web Puzzles” window. Just select File -> Open Web Puzzle -> The Inkubator, and when the prompt appears, enter the email address and password […]

The American Values Club Crossword is a long-standing puzzle source featuring edgier puzzles by well-known “indie” crossword constructors. Users with American Values Club memberships can open the puzzle directly from Black Ink’s “Web Puzzles” window. Just select File -> Open Web Puzzle -> American Values Club, and when the prompt appears, enter the email address […]

The New York Times Crossword is probably the most well-known, and most-solved puzzle in the world. Users with New York Times memberships can open the puzzle directly from Black Ink’s “Web Puzzles” window. Just select File -> Open Web Puzzle -> New York Times Premium, and when the New York Times login page appears, log […]

If you purchased Black Ink 1, you are entitled to a discounted or free upgrade to Black Ink 2. Purchases made after January 1, 2018, are entitled to a free upgrade, All other Black Ink 1 purchasers are entitled to upgrade at a discounted price of $14.95. If you purchased directly from the Red Sweater […]

If you’ve run out of puzzles to solve in Black Ink, or just want to try another style of puzzle, there are tons of options. Most puzzles are not distributed with a predictable URL pattern that Black Ink can automate the downloading of within the app, but you can still download and open files from […]