Or open a ready-made one:
Type a title and your answers with their clues. Each line is the answer, a colon, then the clue. The maker fits the answers together so they cross at shared letters, numbers the starting squares, and sorts your clues into Across and Down. You can see the grid on the proof above before you commit.
Press Set the puzzle to solve it online (click a square and type; it follows the word and checks your letters), print it, or copy the link to send the same crossword to anyone.
A lot of crossword generators charge to print, put a watermark on the puzzle, limit how many you can make, or ask you to sign up first. This one does none of that. There's no account, no email wall, no upgrade tier, and no limit.
The whole puzzle lives in its share link, so a teacher can make one and send it to the class. It works on phones, tablets, Chromebooks and laptops. It's a free alternative to Crossword Labs, Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker, EclipseCrossword and My Crossword Maker, with nothing locked behind a subscription.
This isn't a word list drawn in boxes. It's a proper crossword. The maker tries thousands of arrangements and keeps the tightest one, like a newspaper puzzle. You don't place any words yourself.
Printing gives you the numbered grid and the clues with no site header, footer or ads. Print it blank for solvers, or press Reveal first to print an answer key.
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