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General Discussion / Re: WSJ .puz glitch
« Last post by phil262 on October 16, 2023, 07:27:17 AM »
Same thing happened to me with the 6 October WSJ puzzle. Turns out the .puz file was not formatted correctly, causing the solution to be all Xs.
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This guy's word list is listed on another thread... its very large and the guy has spent 10 years compiling and scoring it. Is it perfect?, no, and he knows it isn't, but its probably better than what you have, or anything you would create yourself in any short amount of time.

https://peterbroda.me/crosswords/wordlist/?fbclid=IwAR04CeR_nhEW5M7CoK6Pyc3lxtzAlD9i9nk6pYadGXWtWN9pTBNWvHCE2hk connections

When I click on the links at the bottom, it just opens a new tab with the words listed. all half a million+ of them. If that occurs for you, copy and paste into a .txt doc, save and rename the extension as .dict for Crossfire. Import and uncheck the existing lists in the Config>Dictionary area. One list to rule them all.

I too am wrapped up in making the perfect list, and the thing that I seem to be accomplishing the most in my word list compiling... is avoiding constructing crosswords. I have soo many lists, that Excel can't handle it. Working on a database solution at the moment. But I found this guy's scored list the other day and I probably should just give it up and start building crosswords with his list instead.
If you have too many lists and cannot process them, please email them to me to store the information. I need it too.
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General Discussion / Re: Word length max for fill-in blanks in clues?
« Last post by watercressjog on October 15, 2023, 09:56:40 PM »
It all comes down to the editorial vision of phrazle the crossword problem's creator and the medium in which the puzzle will be shown.
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General Discussion / WSJ .puz glitch
« Last post by DrBB on October 15, 2023, 06:10:33 PM »
Recently I keep getting this weird thing with the WSJ that it gives me a DNF, and when I do "All letters check" it gives me an X in every square. If I do a "reveal correct answer," the "correct" answer it puts in is an X. Using Across Lite on a MacBook Pro. Anyone else getting this glitch, and if so what's the fix?
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Today's Puzzles / Re: The tip-top May 10 crossword
« Last post by asternknit on October 12, 2023, 12:41:50 AM »
This is going to be a big assistance! Maintain the high quality of your work.
 skibidi toilet
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Today's Puzzles / Re: About Today's (July 08, 2021) Insightful WSJ Crossword
« Last post by asternknit on October 12, 2023, 12:40:03 AM »
About today's (July 08, 2021) WSJ Crossword

This an ingenious theme and good play on words by Matthew Sewell, and a very insightful puzzle choice by editor Mike Shenk. doodle cricket

Kumar (Kem) Balani
This is going to be a big assistance! Maintain the high quality of your work.
 
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General Discussion / Re: How many words should be in a word list?
« Last post by asternknit on October 12, 2023, 12:38:41 AM »
Thanks. By the way, I am not creating a mainstream crossword, it's for the medical community (ems, doctors, nurses, paramedics, etc.) that's why my list is unique. geometry dash world
They simply contain a lot of unfamiliar technical or specialist terminology and phrases. They are jam-packed with unfamiliar abbreviations. They use a lot of language that is offensive, improper, or out of date. Bigger is not always better when it comes to word lists.
 
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Software / Technical / own website allowing puzzles to be filled-in online
« Last post by fhadpe on October 11, 2023, 03:45:39 PM »
Is there puzzle-making software where you can make a puzzle AND (1) post it to your own website and (2) people can fill in the puzzle online.

Can anyone recommend puzzle-friendly web hosting services?
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General Support / Clue Search
« Last post by bgzimmer on October 11, 2023, 02:18:36 PM »
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but how would I access Clue Search as mentioned on this page?
https://www.cruciverb.com/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=23

When I click "Puzzle Database" I see a nav bar with Answer Search, Word Lists, Puzzle Info, Find Grids, etc., but no Clue Search.
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General Discussion / Re: NYT .puz download not working?
« Last post by admin on October 06, 2023, 07:44:57 AM »
Hello,

The cruciverb site provides links to the NYT site. When you click on such a link it comes up in their new format. However, you can use the Crossword Scraper extension to save these puzzles in .puz (Across Lite) format. I use the extension to save NYT and New Yorker puzzles every day.

See the second article on the cruciverb.com homepage to find out more about Crossword Scraper.

-Kevin
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