- see also course sections: Solving Resources; Solving: AI
- Solving The Broken Crossword Puzzle Economy puzzle making as an occupation; 12/7/2012
- Dave Sarpola uses an engineer's mind to design clever crossword puzzles Corvallis; 10/23/2012
- A New York Times Crossword Writer Explains His Craft 8/1/2011
NYT: An 11-Letter Word for Perfectionist? Starts With C ('constructor'); 12/7/2010- Will Johnston: The Art of Crossword Construction [.pdf]; 1/26/2010
- Become a Crossword Super Solver [.pdf]; 1/19/2010
- NYT: Talk to The Times: Crossword Editor Will Shortz 7/19/2009
- LH: Merl Reagle describes how he uses index cards and pocket-sized notebooks to capture ideas about new puzzles from WordPlay (video 1:18); 12/18/2006
The Ultimate Crossword Smackdown: Who writes better puzzles, humans or computers? 7/12/2006- Grid Lock: Crossword Puzzles and the Mad Geniuses Who Create Them Matt Gaffney; book review; 2006
- Why are crossword puzzles symmetrical? 5/11/1984
- about.com: Creating Puzzles -- How to Create a Puzzle -- Tips and Tricks
How to make crosswords- BarelyBad: Write Your Own; Rules: his; Rules: NYT
- Crossword Inker: Garson Hamfield. (video: 6:45) ;-); article
Intro Videos (how to make a crossword puzzle): WonderHowTo; Howcast- Submission Guidelines: LA Times; New York Times; Newsday; Tribune; USA Today; Washington Post; other
- Crossword compilers (people)
- Crossword Who's Who A concise but comprehensive compendium of crossword setters, editors, bloggers, solvers and other puzzling people - in the UK and elsewhere.
- Tool Development (.puz file extension and format): code.google.com; fileext.com; older text format; rjbs