2.7.3 (Sept 9, 2016)
Crashes at opening. Will not start. This same issue happened with a previous update (2.4?) and that it happens with a recent iOS change and the new iPhone 7 announcement, it breeds suspicion.
2.7.1 (May 19, 2016)
Works well, with few complaints now. I wish there were continuity from the very first iterations: every once in a while I work through a puzzle and know I did it before, once, years ago. Maybe thats being wistful.
2.4.0:
Just updated, and now it wont work on my 4S. Crashes after start-up screen. Not cool.
Todays puzzle (Sunday July 20th) has instructions (according to 72 across, and obvious from the weirdness of the starred clues) but there is no way to access them, another lost feature I only noticed now. Also, in grid mode, the clues arent numbered, which makes clever clues that incorporate the number (June 21 1998) into the clue annoying.
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This update (July 14 2014) lost the "switch between across and down" button. But apparently (and with no explanation just trial and error) tapping the clue does the switch. Sweet mercy.
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The back puzzles only go back to last year as opposed to 1998 (since fixed with update). It lost all my completed puzzles. You can only choose puzzles from the calendar screen (which, again after trial and error, you can move through months by tapping the month and year title: I was side scrolling month to month for the first week of the 2.x). Its a prettier but far less efficient interface.
This is awful: Im just off for a trip and have effectively lost my favourite app.