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Hi Don - thanks for bringing this to my attention. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Houston Chronicle has discontinued their puzzle feature:

http://www.chron.com/apps/games/xword/

"The crossword puzzle feature has been discontinued on chron.com.
Please visit www.chron.com/games for our current list of games."

I always find it really distressing when puzzles just up and disappear like this. I hope to find some good replacements, too.

There's some cause for hope that the Houston Chronicle might come back.

I was planning to remove the puzzle from the default sources in the next release of Black Ink, but then I noticed this promising message on the Chronicle web site (http://www.chron.com/apps/games/xword/):

"We've made arrangements for a new, daily online crossword -- expect to see it soon!"

So I'm going to wait and hope that it comes back soon!

Daniel

Hi Don - another customer noticed the Thinks Daily omission. Hopefully this is just a fluke. Sometimes the sources are late for a day or miss a day for whatever reason (somebody sick at the office?). Let's see if it comes back soon.

Unfortunately the new Houston Chronicle puzzle looks like it's a syndicated puzzle that is not available in the .PUZ format that Black Ink can solve.

Same issue here! :(

Hoping you can discover some more dailies. If think.com goes we have none!

Don

This is a shame. Although it's not a free option, it might be worth considering a subscription to the NY Times Premium puzzles, for access to a consistent supply of daily puzzles.

I believe the NY Times puzzles are something like $30-$40 a year. I haven't checked recently.

Hey guys - I spoke with another crossword app developer at Apple's conference this week, and he seemed optimistic that Thinks.com may just be "on vacation". Well, we can hope?

Thanks, pengman... That will keep me busy awhile!

Don