Free Crossword Puzzle Maker Generator

Crossword Puzzle Maker - Enter text and print

Instructions:
Separate each word and its clue with a pipe "|" character. Press the Enter key once after each clue, except for the last clue.

Example: copy & paste the words below:
DISCIPLE|A student who follows and imitates his teacher.
MATTHEW|A disciple who was a tax collector.
FOLLOW|The action that a disciple is called to do.

Puzzle Title:

Puzzle Answers|Clues:

Maximum number of questions to be used in the puzzle.

Maximum number of columns wide to be used in the puzzle.

Maximum number of rows high to be used in the puzzle.

Tips for Printing a Puzzle

If you have trouble printing from your favorite web browser, try one of the other popular programs. Firefox doesn't produce readable printouts on my computer, but Internet Explorer and Chrome work well. If the puzzle that you want to print does not fit well on the paper, you may do one of the following:

1) Reduce the number of items in your puzzle.

2) Re-size the puzzle to fit the page. The process for re-sizing the page is slightly different depending on your browser and operating system…

How to fit the puzzle to the page.

Internet Explorer 7 Windows XP

1. Click the arrow to the right of the Print button, and then click Print Preview.

2. Adjust the margins on the page to allow more room for the text. The margin adjusters are shown in the red circles below. Normally the margins are set to 0.75 inch, but most printers have a minimum of 0.25 inch.

3. Pull down the print size menu and try different options until the puzzle fits nicely on a page. Try “Fit to Page” or reduce the size of the print to 80%.

4. When ready, click on the tiny printer icon to print.

Firefox 1.5.0.1 Linux

Access the print scaling menu via File -> Page Setup.
On the Format & Options tab, unselect Shrink To Fit Page Width and specify an arbitrary shrink factor.
Try various shrink factors and see how they look in File -> Print Preview. Print when you find one you like.

Firefox on Windows

Do File -> Print Preview. Use the controls at the top of the window to sale down the HTML until it fits nicely on a page.
When ready, select Print.

Internet Explorer 6 Windows XP

Internet Explorer 6 does not support print scaling. Arrrg! Some Windows printer drivers add an option for print scaling on a buried menu, but what that does is not what you need.

The only option you have to fit your crossword puzzle on the page is to reduce the number of rows in the puzzle and/or the number of questions.