Creating Puzzles - How to Create a Puzzle - Tips and Tricks

Crossword puzzle constructors, create your own crossword puzzles with these unfilled crossword grids. These printable crossword grids come in various sizes and difficulty levels. Use these symmetrical grids to create your own American-style crossword puzzles.

Crossword puzzle constructors, create your own crossword puzzles with these unfilled crossword grids. These printable crossword grids come in various sizes and difficulty levels. Use these symmetrical grids to create your own American-style crossword puzzles.

These grids appear on print-friendly pages. Choose from various dimensions of blocked and blank grids.

An intro to diagramless crossword puzzles by Patrick Jordan. Complete with a puzzle to get you started.

The crossword puzzle is the most popular word game in the world. Today, there's a myriad of puzzles on the Internet in all sizes, shapes and colors. Here are some of the basic formats that crossword fans will encounter in cyberspace.

A guide to solving cryptic crosswords. Thanks to Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, America's premiere puzzlers.

The Golden Rule for setting a good cryptic clue was laid down by Ximenes of the Observer, the late DS McNutt (1902-71): "I may not mean what I say, but I must say what I mean."

Offers a cryptic grid with answers filled in and each clue explained. Recommended.

From planning the grid to filling in the entries, a very good basic lesson on standard American style crossword puzzle creation. Recommended

Jim Loy's comprehensive guide to decrypting cryptograms. Includes a sample puzzle.