Cleans and simplifies the NYT puzzle pages

Latest Version

Version

0.0.0.1

Update

April 25, 2019

Size

147KiB

Developer

Crossclean Extension

Welcome to Crossclean!

This extension removes a lot of the cruft on the New York Times online puzzle pages, and gives new tools to navigate and enjoy them!

I am a big fan of the NYT crossword, but I found that over time they added a lot of material that was distracting or unpleasant to me, which made it harder to use. Additionally, there were options I wanted which they didn't provide, so I made this extension to help.

Features:
- Optionally remove the imposing advertisement areas and other features from the page, such as:
Wordplay section
The sitemap footer
Scrolling alternate puzzles carousel

- Adds the ability to show/hide the across or down clues, for those that want an additional challenge

- Adds a keyboard shortcut (CMD+0) for the pencil tool, for easy switching

I hope you enjoy this extension, please get in touch with any requests for features or improvements!

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Crossclean", "version": "0.0.0.1", "permissions": ["activeTab", "declarativeContent", "storage"], "description": "Cleans and simplifies the NYT puzzle pages", "background": {\t"scripts": ["background.js"],\t"persistent": true }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://www.nytimes.com/*"], "js": ["autorun.js"], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "options_page": "options.html", "page_action": {\t"default_popup": "popup.html",\t"default_icon": {\t "16": "images/nytc16.png",\t "32": "images/nytc32.png",\t "48": "images/nytc48.png",\t "128": "images/nytc128.png"\t} }, "commands": { "toggle-pencil": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+0", "mac": "Command+0" }, "description": "Toggle pencil" }, "toggle-across": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+A", "mac": "Command+Shift+A" }, "description": "Toggle across visibilty" }, "toggle-down": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+L", "mac": "Command+Shift+L" }, "description": "Toggle down visibilty" } }, "icons": {\t"16": "images/nytc16.png",\t"32": "images/nytc32.png",\t"48": "images/nytc48.png",\t"128": "images/nytc128.png" }, "manifest_version": 2}

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User reviews

CD (ID: 0000005054442cc9) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 11/03/2020 Ads still show, so the experience doesn't look very clean. I could live with that, but the Cmd+0 keyboard shortcut doesn't work for toggling the pencil. I've tried restarting Chrome, refreshing the tab, and trying the crossword in a new tab. Cmd+0 also conflicts with the shortcut to zoom out, which is perhaps why it's broken.

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