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Title
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Directions (Optional)
Complete the crossword puzzle.
Enter the words and clues
You may enter up to 50 words.
Use the
Enter
key after each word to easily move between words, clues, and the next word and clue!
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Enter only words or words with clues?
Enter both words and clues for each word
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Word
Clue
Click here to add more words
(space to add up to 50 words will be shown here; your existing data above will remain)
Number of Keys (make more keys to have different versions to give out!)
Select the number of different printables:
1 key
2 keys
3 keys
4 keys
5 keys
Spell Check and Save your Crossword
Do not spell check and save my crossword puzzle
Spell check and save my crossword puzzle
Crossword Puzzle Options
Difficulty level selected
Please review the various options and then click the button to make your crossword puzzle!
Select the difficulty of your crossword puzzle.
After you have selected the difficulty, you will be able to see all of the options!
Change your current difficulty setting.
If you change the difficulty setting, the options
will change
below to the level you select.
That includes any changes to settings you made.
Select difficulty:
Select the difficulty level
EASY: First to second grade
Third grade
Not too difficult
Difficult
VERY Difficult
Placement of Words
Letters can be placed next to each other, even if they do not form words (to create puzzles with more words)
Every letter that is next to each other MUST form a word
Page Layout
Portrait
Landscape
Grid Dimensions
Select the number of squares across:
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Select the number of squares down:
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Crossword Style
Blank crossword
All intersecting letters
are filled in
Fill-in the following:
5% of crossword filled-in
10% of crossword filled-in
15% of crossword filled-in
20% of crossword filled-in
25% of crossword filled-in
30% of crossword filled-in
35% of crossword filled-in
40% of crossword filled-in
45% of crossword filled-in
50% of crossword filled-in
55% of crossword filled-in
60% of crossword filled-in
65% of crossword filled-in
70% of crossword filled-in
75% of crossword filled-in
80% of crossword filled-in
85% of crossword filled-in
Print Word List
Word List:
do not give a word list
show word list - only words placed in crossword
show word list - entire list for the key (up to 50 words)
Clues
Number of columns used to display clues:
1 column
2 columns
3 columns
4 columns
5 columns
Space to leave on the first page for clues
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.
How much space to give clues on the first page:
Start the clues on the 2nd page
Reserve 1/8th of the first page for the clues
Reserve 1/4th of the first page for the clues
Font (for the clues)
Arial
Times Roman
Courier
Helvetica
Comic Sans MS
Impact
Brush Stroke
Font Size (for the clues)
Select the
font size
:
Font size: 8 (very small)
Font size: 10
Font size: 12
Font size: 14
Font size: 16
Font size: 18
Font size: 20
Font size: 22
Font size: 24 (very LARGE!)
Font Style (for the clues)
Font Style:
Regular
Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
Colors
Font color:
black
red
green
yellow
blue
purple
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