Black Ink 2

Solve crosswords in style

Only for Mac

Free · In-App Purchases

Mac

Solve Crossword Puzzles in Style: free to download and use, with optional paid upgrade for premium features. Try all the premium features for 14 days with a free in-app-trial "purchase."  NOTE: You will only be charged if you choose to unlock premium features permanently. Everything you need to download, solve, and print puzzles on your Mac. Compatible with macOS 10.12 and later. Black Ink is free to use indefinitely with some premium features disabled. Unlock Black Ink's premium features with a one-time purchase to enjoy these additional features: - Check your answers with most puzzles - Race the clock with our puzzle timer - Print book-quality copies of puzzles for solving on paper Black Ink opens and solves puzzles that use the Across Lite format, which are distributed by several free and paid sources in the United States, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, American Values Club, and others.

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This update includes these bug fixes: - Fix an issue that caused macOS to refuse to open the app in some cases - Updated the Settings window to be correctly named on newer OS releases Version 2.4.8 restored expected functionality when the "Mark incorrect answers as they are entered" setting is enabled. Version 2.4.7 update included these changes: - Fixed a bug that could prevent the focused clue from being made visible in the clue list - Fixed a bug that prevented UTF-8 characters from being saved correctly to Across Lite format - Fixed an issue where puzzle files were being repeatedly reloaded from the archive - Fixed a bug that caused the premium features restriction notice to appear when finishing a puzzle - Fixed a visual alignment problem with the Startup settings pane content - Clues with literal newlines are now interpreted and formatted correctly

The developer, Red Sweater Software, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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Provider
  • Red Sweater Software
Size
  • 9.2 MB
Category
  • Puzzle
Compatibility
Requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
13+
  • 13+
  • Infrequent
    Profanity or Crude Humour
    Mature or Suggestive Themes
    Horror/Fear Themes
    Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Recent update from Black Ink 1 USD 0.00
  • Upgrade from Black Ink 1 USD 14.99
  • 14-Day Free Trial USD 0.00
  • "Black Ink 2 Premium Features" USD 29.99
Copyright
  • © 2026 Red Sweater Software