app: CrossFire | Crossword Compiler | Crossword Maker for Cruciverbalists | Ingrid |
browser: Crosserville | Crosshare | CrossHatch | Crossword Composer |
Exet | Phil | PuzzleMe | SparklingFill |
manual: Across Lite
Across Lite (AL): .txt, .puz
- platforms: macOS, Windows
- AL is not a construction app per se -- import .txt/.puz from other tool, maybe modify .txt in text editor.
- However, it can transform puzzles for publishing.
Open: e.g., olli-ex.txt (tagged text file format);Save as: .puz;
- or
Open: .puz exported from a construction tool Print: .pdf (variety of formats)
Crosserville: .puz
CrossFire: .puz, .jpz, .cfp
- platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
- Walkthrough: Making a Puzzle with CrossFire
- OLLI Example: Grid; Fill; Clues; Publish
Crosshare: .puz
- web, webM
- publish on site; solve others' puzzles
CrossHatch: .puz
- web
- use; source, docs
Crossword Compiler (CC): .puz, .jpz
- platform: Windows; macOS*; applet avail.
- *macOS requires Virtual Machine (e.g., Parallels) or Wine emulator, e.g., Crossover Mac
-- Crossover works ok for some things [image: right], but many display glitches, e.g., Review Clues - CROSSWORDS and YOU: Gallery: Crossword Compiler
Crossword Composer: .puz, .xpf
- web -- still avail.?
- circle support?
Crossword Maker for Cruciverbalists (CMfC): .puz
platform: iOS -- discontinued- circle support?
Exet (exet.app): .puz*, 'exolve'
- web; applet avail.
- docs, source; exolve.org
Exet: .puz export - *indirect .puz import:
- Evolve-player: Choose: .puz, e.g., olli-ex.puz
- button (bottom of page): "Save Exolve-converted crossword..."
- Exet: Open > Open Evolve File: Choose File (saved from Exolve Player)
Ingrid: .puz, .jpz, .ipuz, .cfp
- Win, Mac, Lnx; free
- source
Phil: .puz
- web
- circle support?
- original version: use; source & docs
- version (fork) w/ more features: use; source & docs
PuzzleMe: .puz, .jpz, .xml, .xw
- web
- fill-in form fields, or import puzzle
- embed code from AmuseLabs site (IFRAME or WordPress)
to make applet available for solvers
SparklingFill: .puz
- web
- basic version: free; Pro: $9/mo.
- docs