Type your words and clues, get a real interlocking crossword. No signup, no ads, no paywall. Solve it online, print it for the classroom, or share it with a link.
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Type a title, then your list of answers and clues — one per line, with the answer first and the clue after a colon. Hit Make Crossword and the puzzle is built right in your browser: the answers are fitted together into a connected, interlocking grid where words cross at shared letters, each starting square is numbered, and your clues are sorted into Across and Down lists. From there you can solve it online (click a square and type — it follows the word and checks your answers), print it for a class or party, or copy the link to send the exact same crossword to anyone.
Most crossword generators put the print button behind a paywall, stamp a watermark across your puzzle, cap how many you can make, or make you sign up before you see anything. This one doesn't. There's no account, no email wall, no "upgrade to remove ads," and no limit. Every puzzle gets a shareable link that contains the whole thing, so a teacher can build one and send it to the class, or you can text it to a friend. It works on any device — phone, tablet, Chromebook, or laptop — and switches to dark mode automatically. If you've been looking for a free alternative to Crossword Labs, Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker, EclipseCrossword, or My Crossword Maker that doesn't lock printing or downloads behind a subscription, this is it.
This isn't a list of words in boxes — it's a true crossword. The maker tries thousands of arrangements and keeps the tightest one, fitting your answers together so they cross at shared letters, just like a newspaper puzzle. You don't place anything by hand. Give it words that share common letters and you'll get a dense, satisfying grid; the numbering and the Across/Down clue lists are generated for you.
Hit print and you get a clean page — the numbered grid and the clue lists, with no website header, footer, or ads. Leave the grid blank for solvers, or click Reveal first to print a filled-in answer key for yourself. Print one for every student, or one to hand around the table.
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