Cellmate: NYT Crossword Tools

A Chrome extension that enhances the NYT Crossword page with quality-of-life shortcuts.

Features

• Pencil mode toggle — Ctrl+P (Mac: Ctrl+P, Windows: Alt+P)
• Alphabet cycling — Ctrl+A tries each letter A-Z in the focused cell

Developing locally

1. Go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer Mode, and click "Load unpacked" on the repo root.
2. Edit manifest.json / scripts/content.js / scripts/background.js, then click the extension's Reload button on chrome://extensions.
3. Test on an actual puzzle page (https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/...) — the content script only injects there. After reloading the extension, also reload the puzzle tab, since its content script becomes orphaned.

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

1. Fork the repo.
2. Make and push your changes.
3. Open a PR against main.

Upcoming features

• Remove 'How to Solve the New York Times Crossword' animation.