See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Show crosswords
Opens the Crossword section of the News app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show crosswords”
end tell
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