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![]() Try to come up with your own interesting clue for each word. You’ll see every word in your grid with an input next to it for your clue. Once your grid is filled in click the “Clues” button in the top bar to go to the clue view. The Crosshare autofiller can help this along by showing you different candidate fills - every time you press the ‘Enter’ key (or click ‘Rerun Autofill’ in the top bar) you’ll get a slightly different fill. The best thing to do is to try to stay flexible and keep playing with different options until it all clicks. Maybe you really want to work a specific word in but every time you try it makes for poor (or no!) choices elsewhere. It can take a lot of tweaking to get a grid that you’re happy with. This nytimes article does a pretty good job of introducing some of the ideas behind where they should go. Placing black squares is an art form for larger grids. Select the square and hit ‘.’ or type any letter to toggle it back. You can create a black square by typing the ‘.’ key on your keyboard or hitting the all black key on the keyboard if you’re on a mobile device. You can also use any other word you like even if it’s not in the list - it’s all COVFEFE. You shouldn’t rely exclusively on the autofiller - the wordlist(s) beside the grid give you other options for the currently selected entry. As you type you’ll notice the Crosshare autofiller magically fills in the rest of the grid. Filling the gridĪfter launching the constructor, click anywhere in the grid and start typing your first fill entry. ![]() Mini puzzles are a great way to get started because you don’t need to worry so much about the grid layout - you just need to focus on getting fill you like and coming up with fun clues. When you first launch the constructor, Crosshare defaults you to a 5x5 mini grid (to create a different sized puzzle click on “More” in the top bar and then click “New Puzzle”). It is forbidden to embed into an i-frame of another website.Don’t be intimidated! Constructing great crosswords takes a lot of practice, but it’s easy to get started. Your puzzle will be checked and if it is suitable for other users it will be published on the website.Ĩ. You give the edu games website the permission to use your created puzzles. There are no limitations on the numbers of worksheets you can create and download.ħ. As long as the school or institution is free for the students and that they have free access to the worksheets.Ħ. You are allowed to use the worksheets (as pdf) in a closed environment for teaching purposes, as such Google's Classroom. It is forbidden to place the worksheet as a pdf file on a website.ĥ. You can place an image of the worksheet on a website, but you have to place clearly and close to the image a link to 4. It is strictly forbidden to modify the worksheets in any way.ģ. You can use the worksheets for free for non-commercial purposes, such as in schools, training centers or at home.Ģ. If the puzzle is suitable for other users, I will add your crossword puzzle to the game list, so other people can use it in the crossword puzzle maker.ġ. When you create your own crossword puzzle, I will save your puzzle. There they can upload your excel and solve the crossword puzzle on the computer or tablet. Let your students go to the 'online games' (you can find this in the menu) section and choose for 'Crossword Online'. This will give you your puzzle in an Excel file. You can choose not to print the puzzle, but let your students solve your crossword puzzle online. Besides this you can upload the excel file and make changes in the puzzle, which you cannot do in the printable pdf file. You can create a library of all word puzzles, which you can use every year over and over again. You can practice the same vocabulary in other word games. The benefit of having the excel file is that you can upload the file in other games, like the word search maker. This will download an excel file with all the words, clues, title and descriptions. You can also click on the button 'Download Excel'. This you can print and use it in the classroom. You can click on the 'download crossword puzzle' button, this will download a printable pdf file with the puzzle. You can leave it empty if the puzzle doesn't have a specific theme. In the Clue description you can type a text about the theme of the puzzle. In the Game description you can give instructions for solving the puzzle. You can always override this clue and write your own. When you type a word and this is found in the database, it will provide you the clue. ![]() The free crossword maker has a database with words and clues.
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