Welcome to Crossword Designer

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

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My Crosswords Page

In this page you are presented with a list of the games and templates you have designed.

The list is paginated so you may have to press on one of paginator buttons to select the correct page.

Each line in the listing contains some information about the game or template and has links that operate on the corresponding game or template.

You can sort the results by one of these column:

  • Title.
  • Size.
  • Status.
  • Type.
The Title column shows the theme of the games and templates. The size column shows the grid size as represented by this string: rows X columns.

The Type column is either Game or Template. You can create a template from an existing game by pressing on the Make Template link on the same line. The new template is separate from the game and you can make multiple templates out of any game. The only limit is the number of games and templates permitted for your account.

The Status column shows whether the game is being constructed or is published on our web site already. You can publish by clicking on the Publish link on the same line as the game you want to publish.

Note that publishing a game is simply a request to one of our moderators to approve the game design. Once the moderator approves the game, it is actually published and people will be able to play it.

Also note that you can only publish games and not templates.

If you edit a game the game is unpublished automatically. You can also press on the Unpublish link and that will remove it from the Player list.

You can create a printable version of the game by pressing on the Printable view link. This will start a new browser window with the game rendered in a manner suitable for printing.

We recognize that you might want to publish your game creations elsewhere, and although we would like you to publish with us we provide you with the ability to display or download XML formatted version of your games. The XML format is simple and allows anyone to recreate the game using their own software.