# how do they make crossword puzzles?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-crossword-puzzles/147179 "2003-01-07T20:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![squid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squid)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-crossword-puzzles/147179/1 "2003-01-07T20:25:12Z")

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Well…how?😕

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-crossword-puzzles/147179/2 "2003-01-07T21:18:58Z")

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[This](http://www.crossdown.com/Howto.htm) is the basic gist of it.

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**Author:** ![squid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squid)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-crossword-puzzles/147179/3 "2003-01-07T21:51:27Z")

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very helpfull…thanks

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-crossword-puzzles/147179/4 "2003-01-07T22:01:39Z")

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Crossword puzzle makers like to call themselves cruciverbalists. Not surprisingly, the web site to go to is [http://cruciverb.com](http://cruciverb.com).

Look under Resources for places to start.

These days, you can also find software to make it easier for you. Just type construct crossword puzzles into Google and you’ll have hundreds of hits.