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Puzzle Workshop is a program for the automated compiling of crosswords. It comes in two flavours:
Version 1
This is free, a demo can be downloaded from this site. It compiles freeform crosswords only,
click here for the Version 1 pages.
Version 2
This does everything that Version 1 does, but can additionally create symmetrical, newspaper-style crosswords from a built-in dictionary, and can combine your own word list with dictionary words. It can be purchased on-line for £15.
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Version 2 of the program can do everything that Version 1 can do, but can also fill grids of pre-defined word slots. These are such as you commonly see in a newspaper or magazine - i.e. normally square in shape, with the words slots symmetrically arranged across the diagonals. By convention they generally have an odd number of squares across and down, 13x13 and 15x15 being common sizes.
Feature List
- Supports square grids of various sizes, up to 27x27 squares.
- Comes with around 200 UK-style stock grids and a built-in dictionary of some 60,000 words and phrases.
- Can import words/clues from a file or the Windows clipboard.
- Can generate many hundreds of alternative fills with a single mouse-click.
- Add clues manually, or import them along with the word list.
- Replace words in a completed grid.
- Save the filled grid as a .xwd file for later use.
- Print any combination of empty grid, filled grid, clue list, answer list etc.
- Save the output to a Rich Text or HTML file.
These pages show how to use the program to create a finished crossword.
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