This neat, compact program for creating crossword puzzles was written back in 1994. While the interface is now showing its age, it is still a very useful program for teachers and anyone else who wishes to produce their own crosswords quickly and easily.

FEATURES

* Artificial intelligence engine for automatic word and black-fill placement. You can create crosswords without having to type a single letter on the grid!
* Automated blank filling and grid clearance.
* Intelligent cursor movement for manual word placement.
* Automated clue numbering: Creative Crosswords numbers all words on the grid with a single mouse click.
* Intelligent clue writer that lists all Across and Down words, and formats and numbers clues ready for you to fill in text using the built in word processor.
* Choice of font in which clues are printed.
* Intelligent print function that formats your clues according to their length.
* Facility to print both puzzle and solution in multiple copies.
* Facility for optional puzzle caption.
* Proprietary file format for saving completed/partially completed puzzles to disk.

Nowadays, there are many programs similar to Creative Crosswords available, but we still think this is one of the better ones, even if it is starting to look a little dated. You can download a copy of Creative Crosswords absolutely free of charge simply by clicking the link, below. You will need to unzip the file and then run setup.exe to install the program on your computer. There is also a file in the zipped archive called readme.pdf. This file contains the user manual for the program. You may wish to view, save or print it (it is in A5 format). Please e-mail us and let us know if you find the program useful.

Download Creative Crosswords zipped archive (370KB).