Xword-dl

A few bug fixes and a fix for some new stuff Amuse Labs is doing. If you're trying to download an Amuse Labs puzzle (such as LA Times, New Yorker, Vox, Newsday, and others) and getting a "Crossword puzzle not found." error, this is the update for you.

Also finally got a chance to include a new downloader contributed by Twirlip-of-the-Mists, who tells me it's their first-ever open source contribution! How about that! :tada: This downloader adds support for three different offerings by Michael Curl at [Simply Daily Puzzles](https://simplydailypuzzles.com/), which is also syndicated as Best For Puzzles.

What's Changed
* New Yorker: fix encoding error for theme titles by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/147
* The Modern: fix typo in initialize function by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/149
* Amuse Labs: fix for moved parameters by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/151
* Added downloader for https://simplydailypuzzles.com/ by Twirlip-of-the-Mists in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/130

New Contributors
* Twirlip-of-the-Mists made their first contribution in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/130

This release includes two small changes to the AmuseLabs downloader: one essentially a bugfix for the last release (fixes 142), one accommodates a small change that Amuse seems to have made upstream in their JS.

The main thing here is this release should be able to download from some AmuseLabs solvers that had begun to elude it over the past day or so — so if you're trying to download from an embedded AmuseLabs solver, and it's not working, give this a go! Also included are a few improvements to how WSJ and USA Today puzzles are handled for a little better reliability.

What's Changed
* USA Today: improve error handling and latest puzzle search by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/134
* WSJ: run fetched text fields through unidecode for inclusion in puz by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/136
* AmuseLabs: add new key-finding technique by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/140
* USAT: add check for malformed xml data by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/141

This one's a minor release that I wanted to get out the door before a little travel, but it should fix USA Today (which had been a little flaky of late!) and WSJ downloads. WSJ appears to be publishing their Friday contest puzzles without solutions, and I've learned how to correctly indicate in a .puz file that no solution is provided; most puz clients will correctly hide the option to "reveal" from such a puzzle.

I've gotten some downloaders submitted by other members of the community recently which is very cool! It takes me a little bit to test those and merge them in, but the next release should include them and I'm psyched.

What's Changed
* WSJ: fix for when description field is set to null by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/129
* WSJ: Better handle Friday contest puzzles by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/132
* USAT: add alternate downloader by thisisparker in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/133

What's Changed
* Fix for embedded AmuseLabs downloads that may have otherwise broken today
* Better support for Atlantic puzzles, including [Caleb's Inferno](https://www.theatlantic.com/calebs-inferno-crossword-puzzle/)
* A minor bugfix in the NYT downloader, and (pour one out) the removal of most of the NYT Variety options
* New support for titles in New Yorker's themed Fridays! Thanks for the request edsantiago
* Bumped version numbers for each of the dependencies
* fix McKinsey crossword downloader by iNtEgraIR2021 in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/114

New Contributors
* ehcloninger made their first contribution in https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/pull/117. It's actually more than that though — he's also submitted full new downloader and I just haven't had a chance to review!

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/compare/v2023.7.2...v2023.9.5

This release:
* Fixes New Yorker downloads with a new selector. Thanks to edsantiago and [Norah Sharpe](https://www.norahsharpe.com/) for reporting!
* Fixes certain WSJ downloads by doing some filtering for non-puzzle posts. This bug reliably appeared for a few hours each Saturday morning, and is now fixed.
* Behind the scenes: Starting with this release, the Python packaging and repo tagging should be done automatically with a GitHub Action. I'll still manually write these release notes, but the upshot is that releases may be a bit more frequent as more of the overhead is offloaded to the computer.