Free Crosswords

Alan Richmond

December 27, 1999

Crossword puzzles provide a stimulating challenge. You can create your own, totally from scratch (e.g. using a graphic program such as Paint Shop Pro to layout the grid), or you can use one of several freeware or shareware programs to help you-or, you can, as I do, let someone else do all the work! Here are a couple of free crossword puzzles. One is a Java applet, which allows you to fill it in online; the other is a GIF file that changes weekly.

Playing Instructions: The current word you are working on is highlighted in yellow, and the current letter is highlighted in cyan. Click on any letter to move to that word. The spacebar switches between across and down, pivoting around the current letter. Backspace erases the current letter. Incorrect letters are drawn in red.

Author: Carl Haynes. Get it here!