Newsday Saturday Stumper AcrossLite Grid Parser

parse.js

// Instructions:
// Open the Newsday Saturday Stumper in Firefox: https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/extras/crossword-puzzle-1.6375288
// Click on your selected puzzle to navigate to the puzzle page. 
// Right-click (option click) anywhere on the puzzle. Select "This Frame -> Show Only This Frame".
// This should bring up just the puzzle.
// Right-click (option click) and click "Inspect Element". Enter the Console tab.
// Paste the code below, and press Enter. Save the text file, and open into Across Lite. 

// PLEASE NOTE: EXECUTING CODE IN YOUR CONSOLE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS GENERALLY A VERY BAD IDEA. Don't make a habit of this.

function bda(a, l) {
  a = a.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/]/g, "");
  var p = a.length;
  l = l ? Math.ceil((3 * p + 1 >> 2) / l) * l : 3 * p + 1 >> 2;
  for (var R = new Uint8Array(l), y, b = 0, na = 0, Ea = 0; Ea < p; Ea++)
    if (y = Ea & 3, b |= bc4ToUint6(a.charCodeAt(Ea)) << 18 - 6 * y, 3 === y || 1 === p - Ea) {
      for (y = 0; 3 > y && na < l; y++, na++) R[na] = b >>> (16 >>> y & 24) & 255;
      b = 0
    } return R
}
function UTF8ArrToStr(a) {
  for (var l = "", p, R = a.length, y = 0; y < R; y++) p = a[y], l += String.fromCharCode(251 < p && 254 > p && y + 5 < R ? 1073741824 * (p - 252) + (a[++y] - 128 << 24) + (a[++y] - 128 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 247 < p && 252 > p && y + 4 < R ? (p - 248 << 24) + (a[++y] - 128 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 239 < p && 248 > p && y + 3 < R ? (p - 240 << 18) + (a[++y] - 128 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 223 < p && 240 > p && y + 2 < R ? (p - 224 << 12) + (a[++y] - 128 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : 191 < p && 224 > p && y + 1 < R ? (p - 192 << 6) + a[++y] - 128 : p);
  return l
}

function download(filename, text) {
  var element = document.createElement('a');
  element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(text));
  element.setAttribute('download', filename);

  element.style.display = 'none';
  document.body.appendChild(element);

  element.click();

  document.body.removeChild(element);
}

function exec() {
  var data = JSON.parse(UTF8ArrToStr(bda(window.rawc)))

  var grid = Array(data.h).fill('')
  data.box.forEach((col) => col.forEach((letter, row) => grid[row] += letter))
  grid = grid.map(row => row.replace(/\u0000/gi,'.')) 

  var across = data.placedWords.filter(word => word.acrossNotDown).map(word => word.clue.clue)
  var down = data.placedWords.filter(word => !word.acrossNotDown).map(word => word.clue.clue)
  
  var output = [
    '<ACROSS PUZZLE>',
    '<TITLE>',
    data.title,
    '<AUTHOR>',
    data.author,
    '<COPYRIGHT>',
    data.copyright,
    '<SIZE>',
    `${data.h}x${data.w}`,
    '<GRID>',
    ...grid,
    '<ACROSS>',
    ...across,
    '<DOWN>',
    ...down 
  ]

  download(data.id + '.txt', output.join('\n'))
}

exec()