# xo\_cross

> My friends and family do the New York Times Crossword and the site has an annoying header that takes up a lot of the screen real estate. This is a very simple web-ext that removes that header.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/xo\_cross](https://chrome-stats.com/d/xo_cross)

## Overview

- **ID:** `xo_cross`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Danny Meyer
- **Category:** appearance,games-entertainment
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-06
- **First published:** 2021-10-05
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xo_cross/)

## Description

xo_cross is a Firefox add-on designed to remove the header that takes up a lot of screen real estate on the New York Times Crossword website. It provides a simpler and cleaner user interface for friends and family who enjoy doing the crossword puzzles.

## Rankings

- #131,007 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/*`
- `Host permissions`

### Content script matches

- `*.nytimes.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/xo_cross)