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NYT Crossword Pencil Toggle icon

NYT Crossword Pencil Toggle

On the New York Times' Crossword site, press the Left Shift key to toggle the pencil tool.

Users349Current public install base
Rating4.8Store average score
Reviews5Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth-1Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate-0.29%Relative weekly velocity
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Version1.1
ManifestV3
Size29.1KiB
Languages1English
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Are you a New York Times crossword puzzle solver? Tired of using your mouse to click the pencil button every time you aren't sure of an answer? With this extension, simply press the Left Shift key to toggle the pencil tool while solving crosswords on NYT. This key can be be changed in the options menu.

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Store average score4.8Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
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Reviews with text5Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews5Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Zack Garris2025年4月14日
5

Thank you for your work!!!

Version 1.1Language en
Thomas Mulder2024年12月10日
4

Handy tool, but can you make the hotkey configurable or set it to something else? Shift+Tab goes to the previous clue, which toggles the pencil too now... Or even ignore the pencil shortcut when shift onkeyup if tab has been pressed since onkeydown EDIT: created a Pull Request on GitHub to add alternatives (shift left, shift right, alt left, alt right, ctrl left, ctrl right) as an option

Version 1.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Austin Alexander2024年11月29日
5

please give option for rebinding the hotkey to something else

Version 1.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Josh Margles2024年8月22日
5

Very helpful extension for all crossword puzzle lovers!

Version 1.0Language en
Heather Bosiljevac2024年8月22日
5

Huge help in stepping up my crossword game!!

Version 1.0Language en