NYT Sudoku Solver Chrome Extension

Automatically solves New York Times Sudoku puzzles in your browser. Displays the solution in a popup, highlighting prefilled cells.

Features

• Detects and solves NYT Sudoku puzzles on the official page
• Displays solution in a styled board in the extension popup/side panel
• Highlights prefilled cells for clarity
• Works with the latest NYT Sudoku HTML structure

Usage

1. Load the extension in Chrome (Developer mode > Load unpacked)
2. Open https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/sudoku
3. Click the extension icon or open the side panel
4. Click "Solve Puzzle" to view the solution

Files

• manifest.json — Chrome extension manifest
• popup.html — Popup/side panel UI
• popup.js — Popup/side panel logic
• popup.css — Popup/side panel styles
• content.js — Content script for extracting and solving the puzzle
• background.js — Background service worker
• sudoku.cpp — Original C++ solver (reference)