Allow multiple characters in a single square

[ericbgarnick]

The NYT puzzle often requires entering multiple letters in a single square (for special themed puzzles or circled spaces). Without this capability, it is impossible to correctly complete the puzzle. An example is the NYT puzzle from 7/25/2021. Hitting "Reveal" for this day filled in the circled spaces with "a", which I suspect may be a default character when the correct value could not be correctly displayed.

[multimeric]

These are called rebus answers, and DownForAcross has long supported them. Just hold down shift and type all the letters required into the same square and then release shift.

[ericbgarnick]

These are called rebus answers, and DownForAcross has long supported them. Just hold down shift and type all the letters required into the same square and then release shift.

That's fantastic, thanks! Are there instructions somewhere for this sort of info?

[multimeric]

Unfortunately the API is down at the moment (see #201), so nothing is working right now, but normally you would click the info button (top right of your screenshot above) which then explains the controls.

[zhiyi-zhang-duke]

@stevenhao This can be closed.