xword-dl is a command-line tool to download .puz files for online crossword puzzles. For a supported outlet, you can easily download the latest puzzle, or specify one from the archives.
Currently, xword-dl supports:
- The New Yorker
- Newsday
- The LA Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- USA Today
To download a puzzle, run xword-dl on the command line. For example, to download the latest New Yorker puzzle, you could run:
xword-dl tny --latest
or simply:
xword-dl tny
To download the Newsday Saturday Stumper and save it as stumper.puz, you could enter:
xword-dl nd --date saturday --output stumper
The resulting .puz file can be opened with cursewords or any other puz file reader.