Welcome to Crossword Designer

The Online Crossword Puzzle Maker Software Compile, Print, and Publish Your Own Crosswords

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Designer Menu Bar

The Designer has its own menu bar just above the crossword grid. This is not the page menu bar which looks similar but will take you to other parts of the site.


The menu bar has several commands organized into several areas which are discussed below.

Game Commands

By clicking on Game you activate the corresponding menu panel:


The Game menu panel contains several commands:
  • You can use the Reset command to clear the game design and all your input. This will clear the letters, the clues, and all the blocks you have entered.
  • You can use the Refresh in situations where the browser did not redraw the grid properly. The game design will not be reset and you will continue from exactly the same spot as before.
  • The Save command saves the game design on our servers.
  • The Quit command abandons the game design and returns to the web site.
The Renumber command finds all the squares that begin Across or Down words and places a small numeric index in the top left corner of each of these squares.

The Verify command verifies the crossword design. Refer to the section on Designing a new crossword.