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Newsday Saturday Stumper AcrossLite Grid Parser
// Instructions:
// Open the Newsday Saturday Stumper in Firefox: https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/extras/crossword-puzzle-1.6375288
// Click on your selected puzzle to navigate to the puzzle page.
// Right-click (option click) anywhere on the puzzle. Select "This Frame -> Show Only This Frame".
// This should bring up just the puzzle.
// Right-click (option click) and click "Inspect Element". Enter the Console tab.
// Paste the code below, and press Enter. Save the text file, and open into Across Lite.
// PLEASE NOTE: EXECUTING CODE IN YOUR CONSOLE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS GENERALLY A VERY BAD IDEA. Don't make a habit of this.
function bda(a, l) {
a = a.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/]/g, "");
var p = a.length;
l = l ? Math.ceil((3 * p + 1 >> 2) / l) * l : 3 * p + 1 >> 2;
for (var R = new Uint8Array(l), y, b = 0, na = 0, Ea = 0; Ea < p; Ea++)
if (y = Ea & 3, b |= bc4ToUint6(a.charCodeAt(Ea)) << 18 - 6 * y, 3 === y || 1 === p - Ea) {
for (y = 0; 3 > y && na < l; y++, na++) R[na] = b >>> (16 >>> y & 24) & 255;
b = 0
} return R
}
function UTF8ArrToStr(a) {
for (var l = "", p, R = a.length, y = 0; y < R; y++) p = a[y], l += String.fromCharCode(251 < p && 254 > p && y + 5 < R ? 1073741824 * (p - 252) + (a[++y] - 128 << 24) + (a[++y] - 128 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 247 < p && 252 > p && y + 4 < R ? (p - 248 << 24) + (a[++y] - 128 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 239 < p && 248 > p && y + 3 < R ? (p - 240 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 223 < p && 240 > p && y + 2 < R ? (p - 224 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 191 < p && 224 > p && y + 1 < R ? (p - 192 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : p);
return l
}
function download(filename, text) {
var element = document.createElement('a');
element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(text));
element.setAttribute('download', filename);
element.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(element);
element.click();
document.body.removeChild(element);
}
function exec() {
var data = JSON.parse(UTF8ArrToStr(bda(window.rawc)))
var grid = Array(data.h).fill('')
data.box.forEach((col) => col.forEach((letter, row) => grid[row] += letter))
grid = grid.map(row => row.replace(/\u0000/gi,'.'))
var across = data.placedWords.filter(word => word.acrossNotDown).map(word => word.clue.clue)
var down = data.placedWords.filter(word => !word.acrossNotDown).map(word => word.clue.clue)
var output = [
'<ACROSS PUZZLE>',
'<TITLE>',
data.title,
'<AUTHOR>',
data.author,
'<COPYRIGHT>',
data.copyright,
'<SIZE>',
`${data.h}x${data.w}`,
'<GRID>',
...grid,
'<ACROSS>',
...across,
'<DOWN>',
...down
]
download(data.id + '.txt', output.join('\n'))
}
exec()
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