Across Lite Crosswords
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Across Lite Crosswords! Developed by the innovative team at Literate Software LLC, this Word game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 4+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 21st December 2011, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 2nd April 2020.
Are you a fan of Word, Puzzle, or Education games? Then Across Lite Crosswords is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Across Lite Crosswords
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How Much Does Across Lite Crosswords Cost?
Good news! You can download Across Lite Crosswords on your iOS device absolutely free!
Across Lite Crosswords Release Date
Eager to know when Across Lite Crosswords first graced the App Store? It was launched on 21st December 2011.
When Was Across Lite Crosswords Last Updated?
The latest version of Across Lite Crosswords was updated on 2nd April 2020, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Across Lite Crosswords?
To get started with Across Lite Crosswords, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into Across Lite Crosswords
TL;DR: The app for unlimited solving of crosswords published online for Across Lite by major publishers and renowned authors.
Across Lite is hand-crafted with an eye for detail that only people who love both software and crosswords can create. Version 4 is state-of-the-art in features and aesthetics.
Since 1995, more crosswords are published for Across Lite than any other format. Loyal users have enjoyed our software for decades. Whether you are a beginner or a fanatical expert, you will be able to enjoy the best in crosswords daily.
If you find published puzzles difficult, you can purchase our highly acclaimed trainer crossword series inside the app.
INTRODUCTION: Across Lite is the de facto standard for publishing crosswords on the web – from newspapers such as The New York Times to independent authors – free or with subscription. The app includes a set of bookmarks to some of the well-known sources crosswords published for Across Lite. Downloading crosswords into Across Lite is easy. Puzzles can be downloaded and available to solve even when offline.
HIGHLIGHTS: People who have used Across Lite on any platform know there is nothing Lite about it. It has more user-friendly and advanced features than any other software out there.
In addition to Across Lite signature features that has set the standard such as pen and pencil modes, extensive check and reveal commands, or ink saver for printing, there are ground-breaking features that are much copied but never equaled:
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For the traditionalists, the unique Page View mode allows you to view and solve the crossword just like a printed crossword, the closest you can come to solving on paper. The List View provides the conventional computer-like interface for the gamers. But here is the best part – with single taps you can instantaneously switch back and forth between them allowing a type of solving never before possible. Once you get used to solving like this, nothing less will do.
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The app contains our original invention – SmartMove™ – which captures a method experts instinctively use to solve in a criss-cross manner leveraging previously entered letters. Use it for a while and you will develop that habit for fast and effective solving.
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Because no two solvers are alike, the app provides the most flexible and customizable interfaces. Both left-handed and right-handed people can find a layout that caters to them.
UPGRADE: We request serious solvers and those who appreciate our efforts to consider purchasing an upgrade from inside the app. The upgrade enables the following:
– An embedded web browser for easy downloading of puzzles
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A timer for those who wish to measure themselves.
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Ability to enter multiple characters for rebus puzzles.
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A unique color and contrast setting feature designed to reduce eye strain from looking at the traditional white background (perhaps because we, at Litsoft, are getting older!). It can be customized to personal tastes and to light conditions, so for example, solving in the dark does not turn you into a lighthouse for your spouse.
Just try it out and we are certain that over time you will discover and come to appreciate all the small touches we have embedded in the app.
Enjoy!
NOTE about availability of crosswords:
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This app is a solver for independent crosswords published online in Across Lite format. Other than any crosswords for sale inside the app, it is NOT a supplier of crosswords.
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To respect a publishing site’s terms of service and to avoid copyright infringement, it does NOT automatically fetch crosswords for you without visiting the site. Doing so is a violation of publisher copyrights and reputable software will not do this.
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It does NOT guarantee availability of crosswords from publishers who make their own decisions on availability and access including charging for them on their web sites.
If there are any problems with the access to crosswords on any site, please contact the site directly.
What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Across Lite Crosswords updated on 2nd April 2020:
Minimum iOS required raised to 11.x, since new updates to the App Store will not run on older (32-bit) iPads with iOS 10 or earlier.
People with older iPads should see the last known running version v 4.1 available to them for install.
User Reviews on Across Lite Crosswords
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Since Covid we have been having word and language problems. We are using the crossword puzzles to keep our mind active. We purchased the easy ones that help teach you how to do crossword puzzles. Starting there is a great place.
Group of 4 of us. Havent found a way to cast to TV screen, but would be nice for group parties if there is a way. :) we enjoyed the app.
We have used this app for a long time on our iPad and like it very much. We generally solve the free WSJ puzzles. We use Across Lite almost daily. For the past several days, we have not been able to download our puzzles from the calendar. We select a date, and cannot access the puzzle. Does anyone know how we can resolve this problem.
Here we find consistently straightforward, challenging puzzles day after day. Prefer this to NYT app.
Not gimmicky or full of distracting nonsense. Across Lite is our favorite crossword app. Its great to play published crossword puzzles via this app.
We are a crossword addict. We love the fact that we can download the Times crosswords into Across Lite. It is by far the most feature rich app available. Thank you for our peace and enjoyment.
Enjoyed completing the first two puzzles. Hoping to complete more.
This app provides an interesting, well organized way to build or maintain language skills. Try it! Great way to learn how to crossword. We are on to the next level. Thank You to the developers!
Great app. Works as advertised. Suggest adding feature of tapping on grid to change from across to down and vv.
Love this app but we installed iOS 14.4 yesterday (Sunday) and tried a wsj Monday puzzle, your app keeps crashing. Just an FYI. We really missed this app while we couldnt get it to work. Out of desperation we deleted it and reinstalled and viola! Its working again. Update july 20, 2022: seems there is another glitch. When trying to load puzzles from fleeting image site, the download stalls. At least the app doesnt crash.
Easy to use. The others either charge for their apps or don’t work very well.
We love this app. We can do the puzzles. The only issues is downloading the puzzles after you complete the easy puzzles. It is, however, the best app we have found.
Been using this app for years. Love it!
Love that we can pull puzzles in from various papers, and hoard them for long plane rides. We once wasnt smart enough make a move in the upgraded version, wrote to the developers, and they responded right away.
Intuitive. Free. Well-designed. Ill buy the full version.
Its just what we need for our crossword puzzle obsession! Its clean, concise, and customizable.
The interface is slick it allows you to download and access crosswords from numerous other resources, if you choose to get the premium version its a one time fee not a subscription. The app creators seem to have cared about making a quality product.
At first we were put off by the old UI that looks ported in from some other operating system. This isnt nothing, and the experience would be so much more enjoyable if they modernized it. BUT, the app itself is perhaps the most perfect crossword interface ever made. It is fast and snappy, smart move is fantastic, and it is all around perfect in its functionality. Plus, the in app purchase packs to teach newbies how to play are very, very well done and helped us find even more enjoyment in a genre of puzzle we already liked. We cant recommend this app enough!
Great app that reads almost all the crossword puzzles out there. Very customizable.
We’ve done at least a thousand on this app. Needs updating for 2022.
This is the best app for crosswords!!
This is the best crossword app online, and we go to it every day.
This is our preferred app for any . Puz files we find on the web. Its easy to use, intuitive, and makes for a quick solve.
This is as perfect a crossword puzzle game as it gets… Thank you!
AcrossLite is a big reason why we have a NYT crossword subscription. Much easier to use than NYTs own app.
Makes time pass quickly when we’re unable to do anything else; like having to wait for longer than a few minutes for someone or something.
Saw this as the top-rated crossword app and we agree. Fun for newbies like us helps with do this word next assist.
For once there are some more difficult puzzles.
We enjoyed working this puzzle and the assistance it provided when we asked or it.
Access to a full range of crosswords from relatively easy to quite challenging. The app works perfectly.
This app is easy to use and has a great choice of puzzles. We like being able to choose from different authors as well as varying levels of difficulty. We also like that it can tell us when a letter is incorrect so we dont waste time and energy with a wrong answer.
Our father is a long-time doer of crosswords. He not only does the New York Times, but he does his puzzles FAST! We recently envied him his daily morning coffee/crossword combo. After all, we were suffering with coffee alone! Having never completed a crossword in our life, we downloaded the free version of Crossword Lite. The first puzzle went well, that is to say, we managed to complete it in one sitting. This was our first ever, fully completed, crossword puzzle! We don’t believe the length of our "one sitting" will add any meat to the crux of our narration, therefore, for the sake of brevity, we shall omit that useless information… The SECOND puzzle in the free download was considerably more difficult to solve. As of this review, it remains unfinished. We decided that our mental capacity lacked, well, capacity. We made an attempt to somehow rectify the situation and paid for the Crossword Lite Tutorial vol.1. We can honestly say that we will definitely be purchasing vols.2&3! The number of puzzles for the money was actually a pleasant surprise, and the app. Itself is very nicely done. There are two viewing options, "List" and "Page". Page is nice because it is laid out like a crossword in the newspaper, in that you can see all the clues while working the puzzle. Alas, as an old fart, we prefer list mode. You have to scroll thru the clues, but the actual puzzle is larger and easier to see. You can chose between "Pen" and "Pencil" mode, but to be honest, we can’t tell the difference. It very well could be our lack of technological savvy. We call myself a Computer Stud. Badum-Bum! < chirp, chirp, chirp.> Oohhh, tough crowd. Moving on… We believe that people wanting to learn how to do crosswords will love this app. As the tutorial puzzles get progressively harder. Of course, you get help and encouragement as needed. Veteran puzzlers should find purchasable upgrades, ( for, in our opinion, an excellent value ), that will challenge them as much as any "analog" puzzle ever has. They even offer New York Times packages! C’mon, fahget about it! Badum-Bum? This is the first app. We have reviewed, because it deserves one. This is the first app. We have spent money on, because it was worth it! And we’re an old codger who’s tight with our cash. Have fun! ;) George Van Aken.
Great tool for learning how to work a crossword puzzle!
Across lite app is the first app we open every day, and often its the last one we use too. Puzzles are fun and easy to download and save. New crosswords are available every day so you never run out. Take the time to download this app and you will be challenged every day!
Really enjoy Across Lite, especially when we rummage through the Download area. Lots of great free crossword options.
It takes a bit of adjustment to get used to this method, but it can be the most comfortable way to type on an iPad.
Easy to use for someone who has just started solving crossword puzzles. We like the simplicity of the app and the ability to download puzzles from other sources.
Makes puzzling the top papers seamless!
This app switches between across and down clues so you can check to make sure your answers fit. We prefer this to the ones that move sequentially through across then down clues.
The new upgrades make this crossword app the best! No more fumbling around with backspace to delete a letter. Clues easily seen. Just wonderful.
Great app. It’s our daily crossword fix.
Great app – we love it. Its far better than any crossword app we’ve used!
However, this interface allowing us to say that is incredibly annoying. We cant pick a nickname it will accept and it wont let go of us! Every one we’ve tried is taken!
We adore online crossword puzzles but work only those that we can open in Across Lite.