TESTIMONIALS

Your program is easily the best thing that has ever happened for crossword constructors.

- Nancy Salomon

..it's brilliant. As a teacher I use it at least a couple of times a week and the kids I teach love the crosswords.

- Shaun Donnelly

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Information

-Vocabulary puzzles

-Newspaper puzzles

-Other puzzle styles

-Web publishing

-User support/updates

-About us

Extras

-Dictionary/thesaurus

-Professional Grid Filler

-Additional word lists

Other sites

-Crossword Puzzles

-WordWeb Pro

Web Publishing

Crossword Compiler can publish interactive puzzles on the web in just a few clicks.

Video demo

If you prefer you can also use the solving applet on your own website.

Make your own interactive web puzzles

You can upload puzzles directly from the program to your included account on crossword.info. People can then view and solve your puzzles online. The site can even collect answers and mark them for you!

The interactive puzzle applet supports most types of puzzle, including crosswords, word searches, sudoku and puzzles in different languages. See these sample puzzles showing what can be done:

American crossword Cryptic crossword Clues-in-squares puzzle Rebus puzzle Key word puzzle Custom colors etc	Freeform crossword Word search Sudoku Shaped coded crossword Barred crossword Italian language puzzle

You can also export non-interactive web pages and PDF files for people to print out and solve off-line.

Here's a summary of the solving applet's features:

Supports many puzzle styles

• Crosswords, word searches, sudoku, coded, and clues-in-squares puzzles
• Use bars, hint letters, linked clues and non-rectangular puzzles
• Interactive coded crosswords without clues
• Un-numbered grids for showing large puzzles clearly
• Support for key words and multi-letter squares (including Rebus puzzles)
• French-style puzzles with side numbering

• Add your puzzle copyright below the grid
• Change square and clue font sizes
• Change letter, line, square, block and clue colors
• Have the clues to the left, right or below the grid
• Include a timer
• Include hint links for each clue

• Have Reveal, Reveal Letter, Check, Revert, Pencil, Solution, Submit and Save buttons
• Align the buttons below or to the left of the grid
• Button functionality available to JavaScript so you can design your own buttons

• Use italic, bold, sub and superscript formatting in clues
• Have bold or non-bold clue numbers, and change their alignment
• Change highlight colors and the clue font
• Change the width and spacing of the clue viewer

• Change button captions and the "Across" and "Down" headers
• Customize the message on completion of the puzzle
• Optional support for different character sets
• Option to show alphabet so solvers can use the mouse to enter foreign letters

• Have pictures in the grid with possibility for a URL link
• Add your own logo or other graphic

• Uses Java 1.1, and so runs on all IE and Netscape browsers version 4 and higher

If you wish to use the applet on multiple web sites you can buy additional web site licences at low cost; multi-website licences cost the same as multi-user licences on the main ordering page. Customized versions may also be possible, please email for details. For distribution details please read the licensing terms.