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	Brief History of Crossword Puzzles
		Crossword puzzles are said to be the most popular and widespread word game in the world, yet have a short history.
		The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game.
		This introduction to crossword puzzles is provided by kind permission of Sik Cambon Jensen, and is excerpted from his thesis, "Design and implementation of Crossword Compilation Programmes using serial approaches.
	www.crosswordtournament.com /more/wynne.html (380 words)

	Bible Crossword Puzzles, Bible Games and Trivia.
		Puzzles range from specific themes to general knowledge questions.
		All scripture references used throughout the crossword puzzles are from the Authorized KJV version of the Bible.
		Women in the Bible - A crossword puzzle on a few of the many important women of the Bible.
	crosswords.christiansunite.com (797 words)

	The Straight Dope: Why are crossword puzzles symmetrical? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Crossword puzzles are symmetrical mainly because (1) symmetrical puzzles appeal to their authors' neurotic love of order (have you ever talked to a crossword puzzle editor?), and (2) the word arrays that crossword puzzles are based on have always been symmetrical, dating back to ancient times, when they were thought to have mystical significance.
		In these puzzles, which were supplied without diagrams, you were asked to construct some sort of symmetrical word array (usually a square or a diamond, but sometimes a star or other shape) on the basis of various clues.
		These puzzles had in turn been suggested by two earlier gimmicks: the acrostic (if you solved all the clues the first and/or last letters of the solutions would spell out another word or words), and the good old word square (the words read the same horizontally or vertically).
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a2_174b.html (536 words)

	Crosswords refdesk.com
		Crossword Puzzle Guide - guide by Infoplease to help you solve your crosswords along with 'History of the Crossword Puzzle'.
		Crossword Puzzle Solver (2) - Enter the number of letters and the letters that you do know and the Crossword Solver returns a list of possible words.
		Free weekly puzzle from NYT archive, available every Monday.
	www.refdesk.com /crosswrd.html (419 words)

	Crossword Puzzles
		In grid filling, the candidate words are fit into the puzzle grid to maximize an overall confidence score using a combination of ideas from belief network inference and constraint satisfaction.
		"Crossword puzzle solving is a classic constraint satisfaction problem, but, when solving a real puzzle, the mapping from clues to variable domains is not perfectly crisp.
		Crossword Maestro is not just an anagram solver, thesaurus and letter pattern searcher, nor is it solely an electronic crossword dictionary, although it can easily do any of these tasks.
	www.aaai.org /aitopics/html/crosswd.html (1343 words)

	Crossword puzzles at Crossword Central
		Daily crossword puzzles, cryptic crosswords, crossword variants - plus books for crossword enthusiasts - you will find them all here.
		No clues - to solve the crosswords you have to crack the code.
		Addictive crosswords in which all the clues are simply anagrams.
	thinks.com /crosswords/crosswords.htm (86 words)

	Crossword Puzzles for Kids, Printables, Make your own, Worksheets
		A crossword puzzle is a group of words that have been arranged horizontally and vertically so that each word crosses at least one other word at a common letter.
		The puzzle itself doesn't show the words, only the spaces where the words should be written.
		Crossword puzzles are a fun way to practice spelling and reading comprehension, and to reinforce vocabulary.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/fun_activities/crossword_puzzles (1002 words)

	Giant Crossword Puzzles, Two styles, dry-erase and permanent posters
		Above puzzle demonstrates how tightly the words tend to pack, and how large the squares tend to be using a clue list of approximately 20 words.
		Above puzzle demonstrates how tightly the words tend to pack, and how large the squares tend to be using a clue list of approximately 50 words.
		Above puzzle demonstrates how tightly the words tend to pack, and how large the squares tend to be using a clue list of approximately 140 words.
	www.trixiepixgraphics.com /certificates/crosswords/crossword_puzzles.html (863 words)

	Crossword Puzzles
		Crossword Puzzles is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
		Crossword Puzzles will does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information about kids without first obtaining their parents' consent.
		It is considered a part of our business and if the ownership of Crossword Puzzles changes hands, any information gathered will also be transferred to the new owners.
	www.crosswordpuzzles.com /privacy.htm (687 words)

	Crossword Puzzle Games - Create Puzzles
		If your puzzle has too much blank space in it, try starting with 10-14 words.
		This is the first version of the crossword puzzle creator software.
		A free cryptogram maker is also available to create even more of your own word puzzles.
	www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com /create.html (138 words)

	Puzzlemaker offers word search maker tools.
		Go to our Help page if you are having difficulty viewing Puzzlemaker puzzles.
		IMPORTANT: Puzzle titles are limited to 49 characters.
		On each line enter a word followed by a space and then the clue for that word.
	puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com /CrissCrossSetupForm.html (94 words)

	Who writes better crossword puzzles, humans or computers? - By Matt Gaffney - Slate Magazine
		An excellent puzzle word like JUKEBOX (gotta love all those high-scoring Scrabble letters) might be worth a nine or 10, while a hacky obscurity like UNAU (a type of sloth that has appeared in crosswords more times than it's been spotted in real life) would be a one or a two.
		Longo and Gordon use these massive word libraries in concert with their intuition to craft wonderful, tricky puzzles that are enjoyed by multitudes of crossword enthusiasts.
		They will evaluate the puzzles based on the quality of the words used, the amount of "crosswordese"—UNAU-type words you never see anywhere but the puzzle page—and what can best be described as the puzzle's "overall feel." These folks know a good crossword when they see one.
	www.slate.com /id/2145623 (1452 words)

	Crossword Puzzles: Surfing the Net with Kids
		In celebration of the crossword puzzle's eighty-fifth anniversary, here's a tour of the best online crossword sites for kids and their families.
		These original interactive puzzles were created to showcase the talents of a team of three puzzle experts (including the crossword editor of The Wall Street Journal.) "We like to point out three ingredients you'll find in our puzzles: 1) A puzzle that is left unsolved is basically a failure.
		If you choose a puzzle from their archive of previous crosswords, you won't be able to submit your game, but you can click to have your incorrect answers displayed in red or to see the solved puzzle.
	www.surfnetkids.com /crossword98.htm (894 words)

	visor Blast Powered by Handango - Product Information
		With Crossword Puzzles for Palm OS you can complete crossword puzzles on your Palm Powered handheld with a user-friendly interface.
		But the best feature of Crossword Puzzles is that you are solving puzzles in Across Lite format, the same file type that is produced by newspapers all around the US and the world, including the LA Times, Houston Chronicle, and Newsday.
		The graphics are smooth and the puzzles are easy to read, play (well that of course depends on the puzzle) and synchronize to your Palm OS device...Crossword Puzzles for Palm OS is an entertaining, challenging, mind-exercising game that is great for those rainy days, or subway train rides.
	www.handango.com /pdablast/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=547&platformName=visor&platformId=1&catalog=0§ionId=0&productType=2&productId=10060 (472 words)

	EclipseCrossword - the fast, easy, and FREE way to create crossword puzzles in minutes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Crosswords can be printed or uploaded to your website.
		Webmasters: You can easily create interactive crossword puzzle web pages with EclipseCrossword—crossword puzzles are a great way to get people to stay on your site, and come back in the future.
		Your visitors can play the puzzle right on your website, or you can post a printable version so they can solve it at their leisure.
	www.eclipsecrossword.com (292 words)

	Stand Alone, Inc. - Handheld Software
		Puzzle over the challenging clues of a crossword anywhere with Crossword Puzzles for Pocket PC.
		If you are having problems registering the application, please check www.standalone.com or www.handango.com for the latest version of Crossword Puzzles for Pocket PC Installer.
		Presently, Crossword Puzzles for Pocket PC does not support the unscrambling of the puzzles.
	standalone.com /pocketpc/crossword_puzzles (843 words)

	Crossword Puzzle Games - Play Or Create Your Own Puzzles
		This web site offers 32,400 free crossword puzzles and fun tools for people who enjoy word games.
		Get some help with a puzzle or create your own, free.
		Each crossword puzzle grid is unique, there are no duplicates.
	www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com (72 words)

	Find answers to crossword puzzles with MoreWords - Lifehacker
		Crossword puzzle fans will love this one - MoreWords, a way to search and scan word lists.
		Here's how it works: say you have a few missing gaps in your crossword puzzle, and just can not figure out that last clue.
		MoreWords isn't only for crosswords - you can use it for any kind of word game, or for help when you know what a word starts with but can't quite get the whole thing.
	www.lifehacker.com /software/games/find-answers-to-crossword-puzzles-with-morewords-182824.php?mail2=true (154 words)

	Crossword puzzle maker software and online crossword puzzles by Crossdown
		Crossdown is a professional crossword puzzle development application.
		Use it to construct real crosswords just like the kind that appear in newspapers and magazines.
		With Crossdown's many features, routine tasks and errors are eliminated, leaving you to concentrate on creating entertaining and original puzzles.
	www.crossdown.com (196 words)

	Crossword Puzzles: Surfing the Net with Kids
		These original interactive puzzles were created to showcase the talents of a team of three puzzle experts, including the crossword editor of the "Wall Street Journal." Among the daily and weekly puzzles you'll find crosswords, word searches and brain teasers.
		Although the origins of the crossword puzzle can be traced to nineteenth century children's books, journalist Arthur Wynne is credited with creating the first modern crossword puzzle.
		Continue on to Crosswords Index for the Thinks.com archive of puzzles, and a compendium of software you can use to create your own crossword puzzles.
	www.surfnetkids.com /crossword.htm (828 words)

	PuzzlePlanet - Daily Crossword Puzzles, Sudoku, Word Games and Trivias
		PuzzlePlanet is a crossword puzzles community for people in all ages who enjoy solving daily crosswords, sudoku, word search and many other word games.
		The daily crossword puzzles are authored by some of the most established newspaper crossword authors in the United States.
		Our daily crossword puzzles has many useful features such as ablitiy to save and return later, print and solve crosswords off-line, play against the clock and different a themed crossword released every day of the week.
	www.puzzleplanet.com (259 words)

	Stand Alone, Inc. - Handheld Software
		Puzzle over the challenging clues of a crossword anywhere with Crossword Puzzles for Palm OS®.
		Complete puzzles wherever you are, and work on several puzzles at once.
		"Crossword Puzzles for Palm OS is one of the best word-game applications for the Palm Computing Platform I have played.
	www.standalone.com /palmos/crossword_puzzles (811 words)

	Crossword puzzles for fun and education
		Crosswords in your publications Crosswords on your website Crosswords for schools
		Our free family-friendly US and UK crosswords are graded from easy quickies to tough cryptics.
		US Beginner crosswords US Apollo crosswords US Mercury crosswords
	www.crosswordsite.com (196 words)

	Crossword Puzzles -- Your Complete Puzzle Guide
		In the mean time, you may just get some ideas for some puzzles you would like to create.
		Crossword Weaver is software that lets you enter words you would like to see in your puzzle, press a button, and you're done!
		Try to solve the first crossword puzzle ever made to see how you do.
	www.crossword-puzzles.us (230 words)

	Crossword Puzzles for Studying English Vocabulary (ESL/EFL)
		There are 14 Proverbs Crossword Puzzles in the Commonly-Used Proverbs section of this website.
		These puzzles include all of the verbs on the Voice of America's Special English word list.
		The puzzles are larger and include more words per puzzle.
	www.manythings.org /cs (97 words)

	Crossword Puzzles, Printable Crosswords, Printable Crossword Puzzles - CrosswordPuzzles.com
		Myles Mellor is an internationally published crossword writer and is one of the most successful puzzle writers in America today.
		His crosswords reach over a million readers monthly.
		With purchase of all three books, the "Numbers Game" puzzle which rivals the Da Vinci code in its riddles and numerical possibilities.
	www.crosswordpuzzles.com (183 words)

	Science Crossword Puzzles
		Use the clues provided to solve each crossword puzzle.
		To place letters on the puzzle, first select the clue you are answering from the pull-down menu and then enter your answer in the text box.
		Press the 'return' key on your keyboard when you are done.
	education.jlab.org /sciencecrossword/index.html (73 words)

	One Across - Search for Crossword Puzzle Answers - Solve Crossword Puzzles Online, Find Anagrams, Cryptogram Help, Take ...
		ccording to Will Shortz, editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, perhaps as many as 50 million people do crosswords just in America.
		Whether this is your first puzzle ever or your fourth today, if you get stuck, OneAcross can help.
		How to Search: Enter a crossword puzzle clue and either the length of the answer or an answer pattern.
	www.oneacross.com (118 words)

	Crossword Puzzle Software - Tea Sign
		Puzzles can be exported as web-pages and published as interactive online-games with the Crossword Puzzle Java Applet.
		The puzzles can be created with the Crossword Puzzle Editor.
		Crossword Puzzle Applet - play crossword puzzle online.
	www.tea.ch (173 words)

	ClueMaster British crosswords and word puzzles
		You'll find cryptic and "coffeebreak" quick crosswords, wordsearches and other puzzles.
		Many are free to access and are just a handful of the good things you can find in the ClueMaster's Collections.
		You can try our interactive crosswords or, if you are on the move, printable collections of crosswords and word games.
	www.cluemaster.com (105 words)

	Create a Crossword Puzzle On-line (makes a PDF file)
		The more space you give to clues on the first page, the smaller the crossword itself will look.
		For the largest crossword puzzle, start your clues on the 2nd page.
		Build an HTML crossword puzzle - Free to non-subscribers (not as many options as the PDF version)
	www.edhelper.com /crossword.htm (317 words)

	DiscoverySchool's Puzzlemaker allows kids to make crossword puzzles online.
		Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents.
		Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.
		If you don't know what puzzle to create, you can see a list of puzzle types here.
	puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com (51 words)

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