Types of Crossword Puzzle Grids
Crossword Puzzle Design Mistakes
British vs. North American Style Crossword Puzzle Grids
How to Make a Crossword Puzzle Grid
Putting Words Into a Crossword Puzzle Grid
Choosing Words to Make a Crossword Puzzle
Finding Words for Crossword Puzzles
Criteria for Choosing Words for a Crossword Puzzle
Tips for Choosing Crossword Puzzle Words
Making a Themed Crossword Puzzle
Numbering a Crossword Puzzle Grid
Writing Definition Clues for a Crossword Puzzle
Types of Definition Clues for Crossword Puzzles
Providing a Crossword Puzzle Solution
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Summary: A crossword answer shouldn't rely entirely on the clue. Learn how to make a crossword puzzle in the cryptic style in this free video on creating word games.
Chris F.A. Johnson began composing cryptic crossword puzzles in 1979, for the University of Toronto alumni magazine, The Graduate. He has been composing them for various magazines and...read more
"Now one of the things you should avoid when making a crossword is using a grid that looks like this. What's wrong with this? Well, let's take a look at 3 across. It?s a five letter word, only one of those letters is in our second word. 2 across of a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 letter word. Only two of the letters, that's one in four of the letters. So, you're relying almost entirely on the clue and the fun of a crossword puzzle is that you get hints by answering one clue, you get a hint to another by having a letter that is in two words. And one of the things that a cryptic style crossword grid does or a British style crossword, is that every word has at least half of its letters in a second word. In this case, we have a 7 letter word and we have 1, 2, 3, 4 of the letters in downwards as well as in the crossword."
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