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        Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.puzzles.crosswords
                               Version 3.00

                          Compiled and edited by
               James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com)

   This file contains the answers to many questions which people from time to
   time have asked in the conference and it will act as a convenient store
   of knowledge which the participants in the conference may find useful or
   even interesting.

   This file will be posted around the first of each month with any updates
   marked together with a new version number.

   This FAQ is accessible via anonymous FTP at rtfm.mit.edu
   in the directory /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/puzzles/crosswords. 
   There are other mirror sites where the FAQ is also available.

   Last modified: 19 January 1994

   Changes
   -------

   V1.0 Original.

   V2.0 Re-write of many sections including incorporation of material previous 
        stored in the rec.puzzles archive.

   V2.01 Spell check and errors from V2.0 corrected.

   V2.10 Augmented the section about crossword software available and added
         some extra detail to some other answers.

   V3.00 More detail to many sections plus extended clue type examples. The FAQ 
         is now in four parts.

                            Questions
                            ---------

   (1)  What's the charter of rec.puzzles.crosswords?
   (2)  What are ACC, CWC, and PCWC and what words have been used in these
        competitions?
   (3)  What are good dictionaries for crosswords?
   (4)  Are there good books of word-lists for crosswords?
   (5)  What technical papers are there about crosswords?
   (6)  What books are there for (solving) crosswords?
   (7)  What software is available for crosswords?
   (8)  Are there any on-line dictionaries around?
   (9)  Is there any FTP site for crossword related material?
   (10) Standard tips for solving a cryptic crossword?
   (11) Misc. questions of interest.
   (12) What crossword related associations or publications are there?
   (13) What are some of the indicators used in crossword setting and
        solving?

                             Answers
                             -------

(1) What's the charter of rec.puzzles.crosswords?

   NAME:
	rec.puzzles.crosswords

   STATUS:

	unmoderated

   DESCRIPTION:

	Forum for discussion of grid-based word puzzles

   CHARTER:

   To provide a forum for the submission of articles dealing with word
   puzzles such as crosswords, acrostics and word-searches.  Any puzzle
   which involves determining words arranged in a gridlike structure and in
   which there is no opponent (except perhaps the setter of the puzzle :-)
   is included within the coverage of this group.

   Posts of the following types are expected:

   o Complete puzzles to be solved by the readers
   o Computer programs for generating (solving?!) such puzzles
   o Details on how to go about creating your own puzzles
   o Individual favourite clues
   o Requests for help in solving and/or explaining cryptic clues
   o Explanations of how to solve cryptic crosswords in general
   o Sources for puzzles in your area of the world
   o Discussion of cryptic conventions, etc.

   though this is not intended to be an exhaustive list.

   The language used in the postings to the group is left up to the poster,
   but they should bear in mind the target audience they are trying to
   reach and what languages they are likely to understand.  The puzzles
   themselves can be in any language(s) the poster desires.

(2) What are ACC, CWC, and PCWC and what words have been used in these
   competitions?

   These are cryptic clue writing competitions run more or less regularly
   on the newsgroup.  In each of them, a word or words are set for you to
   clue.  You E-mail the setter a cryptic clue.  The prize is that the
   person who set the winning clue gets to set the next round of the
   competition.  The competitions don't have a final round; they just keep
   going.

   The three competitions are:

   ACC, for "Araucaria Clueing Contest", was started by Ray Steiner (and
   named by Dave Corne, the first winner).  The winner of each round gets
   to set and judge the next round.

   CWC, for "Clue Writing Competition", was started by Ian Gent.  There is
   no great distinction between it and ACC, but two words are usually
   given, for the sake of variety (the best single clue wins).  Also, it
   often has a shorter time between setting the words and the submission
   deadline than ACC, but that is up to each person who runs it.

   PCWC, for "People's Clue Writing Competition", was started by Guy
   Jacobson.  Unlike ACC and CWC, submitted clues are posted before the
   winner is judged.  Readers of the newsgroup then vote for their favourite
   clues.  The winner sets the next word, but the judging is done by the
   people.

   Here are the lists of all CWC, PCWC, and ACC words used to date
   (October 1993):

      CWC words:                     PCWC words:         ACC words: 
      1 mousetrap, convolvulus       1 democratic        1 ophelia
      2 demonstrate, scherzo         2 recapitulate      2 valetudinarian
      3 pirates, pistachio           3 scapegoat         3 pride
      4 enterprise, karaoke          4 landslide         4 chocolate
      5 flounder, jerk               5 macedonia         5 marsupial
      6 integrated, paranoia         6 administer        6 ace
      7 moderate, unrequited         7 wistful           7 controversial
      8 stranger, shocked, iced tea  8 cardinal          8 catastrophe
      9 alternate, rhythm            9 inaugurate        9 sunbather
     10 considerable, knuckle       10 discriminate     10 software
     11 elaborate, juxtapose        11 frequency        11 obesity
     12 miscreation, aardwolf       12 phantasm         12 all saint's day
     13 condiment, faculty          13 sforzando        13 separate
     14 sullen, childhood           14 kitten           14 chaste
     15 picaresque, colophon        15 right            15 callipygian
     16 weathered, exempt           16 prehistoric      16 foreplay
     17 stratagem, squeeze          17 deliberate       17 inebriated
     18 bullwinkle, rocky           18 cargo            18 monkey-puzzle tree
     19 china, hongkong             19 marmalade        19 horseradish
     20 around, asbestos            20 carousel         20 come up to scratch
     21 pedestrian, azure           21 woody allen      21 enfranchise
     22 delivery, flibbertigibbet   22 ordinance        22 temperate
     23 nineteen                    23 select           23 without a clue
     24 principal, corroborate      24 snowflake        24 pandemonium
     25 piercing, state of grace                        25 engagement
     26 carol singer, homologue                         26 caricature
     27 transparent, kookaburra                         27 proper
     28 resolution, epiphany                            28 a shot in the dark
     29 helicopter, macrobiotic                         29 game set and match
     30 arsenic, cyanide                                30 double entendre
     31 spectacle, ingenuous                            31 maintenance
     32 refrain/malice                                  32 shallow
     33 clarinet, kazoo                                 33 over the hill
     34 blizzard, cloud                                 34 measure
     35 orchestra, symphony                             35 detachment
     36 lemon/distress
     37 carpenter, vodka
     38 bandicoot, chinchilla
     39 degree, nuptial
     40 motive, archipelago
     41 solution, concentrate
     42 itinerary, prerogative
     43 friendliness, gastronome
     44 soprano
     45 scuba, snorkel
     46 birthplace, cenotaph 

   There was a fourth clue setting/crossword setting exercise taking  
   place in the conference.  It was hosted by Felix Lee.  Felix, maybe
   you can you give a better explanation of what's it was about than I 
   could?

(3) What are good dictionaries for crosswords?

   There's no one dictionary that you must have for doing crosswords.  On
   the other hand, in some contexts it helps to know what dictionary has
   been used in setting a crossword, particularly for hard crosswords
   containing unusual words.  For example, The Listener crossword (now
   published in The Times) almost always uses "Chambers English
   Dictionary", with deviations from that being noted.  On the other hand
   in America Merriam-Websters 9th Collegiate Dictionary is the standard of
   the National Puzzlers League (NPL - a wordplay club which devotes some
   of its time to crosswords).  In both countries there are many other good
   dictionaries of usable size.  Two mammoth dictionaries that people
   sometimes have to resort to are The Oxford English Dictionary and
   Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary.

   The NPL rank the well known dictionaries in order of preference as
   follows:

   9C (Merriam-Websters 9th Collegiate Dictionary) is better than NI3
   (Webster's Third New International) is better than NI2 (Webster's New
   International, 2nd Edition) is better than everything else.

   Great slang dictionaries for true word mavens include Partridge's "A
   Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", "A Dictionary of the
   Underworld", and "The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang".
   Spears's "Slang and Euphemism" is also quite good, and Cassidy's
   "Dictionary of American Regional English" is also great (but only two
   of the three volumes have been published).

(4) Are there good books of word-lists for crosswords?

   You can probably find books of word-lists in your nearest bookshop.
   These are generally of two types: they may be a simple list of words or
   they may arrange their words by subject (birds, bees, etc).  Of the
   latter type, the classic American publication is Baus's "The Master
   Crossword Puzzle Dictionary".  Of the former, the classic British one
   is "Chambers Words", which contains all the words in Chambers English
   Dictionary, listed by word length and then alphabetically.  Or rather,
   it purports to contain all those words.  It has numerous errors, which
   are not corrected in subsequent additions.  See "What errors are known
   in Chambers Words?".  On the other hand, the errors still represent a
   tiny percentage of the whole, and Chambers also publishes "Back Words"
   (words listed in reverse alphabetical order) and "Anagrams" (words
   indexed by their letters collected into alphabetical order, so "anagram"
   is under "aaagmnr").  The New York Times also publish an adequate
   word-lists book.  See question 6.

(5) What technical papers are there about crosswords?

   Does anyone know any other E-Mail addresses of the authors detailed
   here? It would make correspondence with them much easier. 

   %T A Prototype Crossword Compiler
   %A P.D. Smith and S.Y. Steen
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 24/2, pp 107-111
   %Y 1981

   %T XENO: Computer-Assisted Compilation of Crossword Puzzles
   %A P.D. Smith
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 26/4, pp 296-302
   %Y 1983

   %T The Generation of Cryptic Crossword Clues
   %A G.W. Smith, J.B.H. Du Boulay
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 29/3, pp 282-283
   %Y 1986

   %T Crossword Compilation with Horn Clauses
   %A H. Berghel
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 30/2, pp 183-188
   %Y 1987

   %T Crossword Compilation Using Integer Programming
   %A J.M. Wilson
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 32/3, pp 273-275
   %Y 1989

   %T Crossword Compiler-Compilation
   %A H. Berghel, C. Yi
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 32/3, pp 276-280
   %Y 1989

   %T A Proposed Standard for Measuring Crossword Compilation Efficiency
   %A H. Brerghel, R. Rankin (rrankin@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu)
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 33/2 pp 181-184
   %Y 1990

   %T Computer Assisted Analysis of Cryptic Crosswords
   %A P.W. Williams, D. Woodhead
   %J The Computer Journal
   %V 22/? pp 67
   %Y 1979

   %T Crossword Compiling Puzzles the Programmer
   %A J. Cox
   %J Computer Weekly
   %V pp 17
   %Y 30 August 1979

   %T A Program for the Construction of Crossword Puzzles
   %A O. Feger
   %J Angewandte Informatik
   %V 17/5 pp 189-195
   %Y 1975

   %T An Investigation of Computer Generated Crossword Puzzles 
   %A L.J. Mazlack
   %J P.hD. Dissertation Washington University St. Louis
   %V
   %Y 1972

   %T The Use of Applied Probability in the Computer Construction of Crossword 
   Puzzles
   %A L.J. Mazlack
   %J IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control San Diego CA. 5-7 December.
   %V pp 497-506
   %Y 1973

   %T Data Structures Required for Crossword Puzzle Construction
   %A L.J Mazleck
   %J 36th Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science L.A 
   21-25 Oct 1973
   %V pp 141-142
   %Y 1974

   %T Computer Construction of Crossword Puzzles using Precedence Relationships
   %A L.J. Mazlack
   %J Artificial Intelligence
   %V 7/1 pp 1-19
   %Y 1976

   %T Machine Selection of Elements in Crossword Puzzles
   %A L.J. Mazlack
   %J SIAM Journal of Computing
   %V 5/1, pp 51-72
   %Y March 1976

   %T Automation of Crossword Puzzle Solutions
   %A G. Harris, J. Spring
   %J Division Of CAD, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
   %V Manuscript?
   %Y 1979

   I have been in contact with Geoff Harris and he has said he will send my
   on the 6-8 papers he and his colleagues have written about crosswords
   over the past few years.

   %T Redundancy Exploitation in the Computer Construction of Double-crostic
   %A E.S. Spiegelthal
   %J Proceedings of the EJCC.
   %V pp 39-56
   %Y 1960

   %T A Program to Solve Crossword Puzzles
   %A H.A. Bauer
   %J Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
   %V 
   %Y 1973

   %T Crossword Compilation Puzzles the Programmer
   %A J. Cox
   %J Computer Weekly
   %V 30 August, pp 17
   %Y 1979

   %T Automatic Crossword Compilation and Solution
   %A E.J. Jushvol
   %J B.Sc Thesis. Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
   %V 
   %Y 1984

   %T Microprocessor Compilation and Solution of Crosswords
   %A R.H. Davis, E.J. Jushwol
   %J Microproc. Microsystems
   %V 9/10 pp 500-506
   %Y 1985

   %T PICCUP: a Program for the Interpretation of Cryptic Crossword Clues
   %A M. Hart
   %J M.Sc Thesis Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
   %V 
   %Y 1991

   %T Cryptic Crossword Clue Interpreter
   %A M. Hart, R.H. Davis
   %J Information and Software Technology
   %V 34/1 pp 16-27
   %Y January 1992

   %T The world's fastest Scrabble program
   %A A.W. Appel, G.J. Jacobson (appel@cs.princeton.edu,guy@ulysses.att.com)
   %J Communications of the ACM
   %V 31/5 pp 572
   %Y May 1988

   %T Search Lessons Learned from Crossword Puzzles
   %A Matt L. Ginsberg et al
   %J Proceedings of AAAI 90
   %V ?
   %Y 1990?

   %T A Crossword Puzzle Generator For Turkish
   %A Ilan Berker, A. C. Cem Say
   %J international symposium of computer and information sciences 8
   %V ?
   %Y 1993?

   In the publication "Word Ways" many crossword related technical papers
   have been published.  Anyone with a list please?

(6) What books are there for (solving) crosswords?

   %T Chambers Crossword Manual (Second Edition)
   %A Don Manley
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1992
   %N 0-550-19034-1

   I have to plug Manley's book as the best introductory book about solving
   non definition based crosswords I've read.  It goes through all the major
   clue types and there's even a section about setting your own crosswords.

   %T Observer AZED Crosswords
   %A Jonathan Crowther
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1991 
   %N 0-550-19032-5

   %T The AZED Book of Crosswords
   %A Jonathan Crowther
   %P Pan
   %Y 1977
   %N 0-330-25227-5

   %T The ABC of Crosswords (Originally: Teach Yourself Crosswords)
   %A Alec Robins (The Guardian's 'Custos'/Observer's 'Everyman')
   %P Corgi
   %Y 1981
   %N 0-552-11843-5

   %T The Modern Crossword Dictionary
   %A Norman G. Pulsford
   %P Pan
   %Y 1967
   %N 0-330-63128-4

   %T Chambers Words
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1985
   %N 0-550-19010-4

   %T Chambers Backwords for Crosswords
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1986
   %N 0-550-19012-0

   %T Chambers Anagrams
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1985
   %N 0-550-19011-2

   %T The Strange World of the Crossword
   %A Roger Millington
   %P Book Club Associates 
   %Y 1975
   %N 

   %T The Crossword Phrase Dictionary
   %A R.J. Edwards
   %P Stanley-Paul
   %Y 1981
   %N 0-09-143340-1

   %T The Newnes Crossword Dictionary
   %A J.M. Bailie
   %P Newnes Books
   %Y 1984
   %N 0-600-31923-7

   %T Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword
   %A D.S. Macnutt
   %P Methuen
   %Y 1966
   %N 

   %T The Ninth Book of Sunday Times Crosswords (Solver's Guide)
   %A Elizabeth and Derek Jewell
   %P Penguin
   %Y 1989
   %N 

   %T The ANAGRAM Dictionary
   %A Michael Curl
   %P Robert Hale
   %Y 1982
   %N 0-7091-9674-1

   %T Best of AZED Crosswords /* Selected from Azed 1-200 */
   %A Jonathan Crowther
   %P Chambers in association with the Observer
   %Y 1989
   %N 0-550-19030-9

   %T The (Almost) Impossible Crossword Book
   %A Gyles Brandreth
   %P Sphere
   %Y 1984
   %N 0-7221-1864-3

   %T The Complete Guide to Cryptic Crosswords
   %A J A Coleman
   %P Collins
   %Y 1989
   %N 0-00-434570-3

   %T Longman Crossword Solver's Dictionary
   %A Anne Bradford
   %P Longman
   %Y 1986
   %N 0-582-89301-1

   %T The Book of Lewis Carroll Crosswords
   %A Edited by Alfreda Blanchard
   %P Lewis Carroll Society
   %Y 1992
   %N 

   %T Cryptic Crossword Solver
   %A Jennifer Chandler
   %P Allen and Unwin Sydney
   %Y 1991
   %N 1-86373-043-5

   %T Cryptic Crosswords and How To Solve Them
   %A Michael Kindred and Derrick Knight
   %P Chambers
   %Y 1993
   %N 0-550-19036-8

   %T How to Solve A Crossword
   %A Colin Parsons
   %P Coronet Paperback
   %Y 1988
   %N 0-340-43079-6

   %T Crossword Dictionary
   %A Dawn Garrick
   %P Ace/Stoneshire Books
   %Y 1984
   %N

   %T Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
   %A Tophi Books
   %P 
   %Y 
   %N 0-86288-170-6

   %T Crosswords: How to solve them
   %A Ruth Crisp
   %P Hodder & Stoughton
   %Y 1992
   %N 0-340-57398-8

   %T Harper's Magazine Cryptic Puzzle Book 1st Edition
   %A E. R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr.
   %P Franklin Square Press
   %Y 1992
   %N 1-879957-05-1

   %T The Atlantic Monthly Puzzler Book Volume 1
   %A Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
   %P The Atlantic Monthly Company
   %Y 1992
   %N ?

   %T A Pleasure in Words
   %A Eugene T. Maleska
   %P Simon & Schuster
   %Y 1981
   %N ?

   %T Creative Cruciverbalists
   %A Helene Hovanec
   %P William Morrow & Company, Inc.
   %Y 1988
   %N ?

   %T Across and Down
   %A Eugene T. Maleska
   %P Simon & Schuster
   %Y 1984
   %N ?

   %T Crossword Crosstalk
   %A Barry Tunick & Sylvia Bursztyn
   %P Capra Pres
   %Y 1988
   %N ?

   I am certain there are a lot more books out there, especially from our
   American cousins.  Please, if you have more information on books, let me
   know?  The incentive is that I will include your name at the bottom of
   the FAQ.  Lasting fame, eh :-).

(7) What software is available for crosswords?

   Most crossword related software is available via shareware with the
   usual rules and regulations applying.  Quite a few of the developers of
   crossword based software are in the conference so if you have any
   questions you will probably get the answer either in the conference or
   by mailing them personally.

   The products are:

   1. Crossword Creator 

   Name:	    Crossword Creator 
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Brad Kaenel
   Address:	    PC help-line, 35250 Silver leaf Circle, Yacaipa, CA
		    92399. USA.
   E-Mail address:  72357.3523@CompuServe.com
   FTP site:	    
   File name:
   Cost:	    $49

   2. The Electronic Alveary

   Name:            The Electronic Alveary
   Platform:        DOS
   Developer:       Ross Beresford
   Address:
   E-Mail address:  ross@bryson.demon.co.uk
   FTP site:        OAK.Oakland.Edu (and other SimTel mirrors)
   File name:       pub/msdos/textutil/tea100.zip,teabd100.zip,teadac10.zip
   Cost:            Freeware

   3. Crossword Creator II (TM) 

   Name:	    Crossword Creator II (TM)
   Platform:	    Atari ST/STe/TT, DOS
   Developer:	    John Hutchinson
   Address:	    Fair Dinkum Technologies, P.O. Box 2, Los Alamos, NM
		    87544. USA.
   E-Mail address:  hutch@ilmen.lanl.gov
   FTP site:	    
   File name:
   Cost:	    $34.95

   4. Wordlok

   Name:	    Wordlok
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    
   Address:	    Virtual Solutions, 4925 University Dr. Suite 176-211,
		    Dept. 6, Huntsville, AL 35816. USA.
   E-Mail address:  
   FTP site:	    SIMTEL
   File name:	    PD1:<MSDOS.EDUCATION>WRDLK11B.ZIP
   Cost:	    $15

   5. Enigmax

   Name:	    Enigmax
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Sam Bellotto
   Address:	    133 Akron St., Rochester, NY 14609-7618. USA. 
   E-Mail address:  
   FTP site:	    
   File name:	    
   Cost:	    shareware

   6. Logos

   Name:	    Logos
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Jeremy W. Riley
   Address:	    7 Norword Way, Rochdale, Lancs OL11 5QS, England.
   E-Mail address:  
   FTP site:	    oak.oakland.edu
   File name:	    /pub/msdos/txtutl/logos.zip
   Cost:	    10

   7. Cross Word Finder

   Name:	    Crossword Word Finder
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Benjamin White
   Address:	    1923 Marietta Drive, Lexington, KY 40505-2371. USA.
   E-Mail address:  70541.2371@CompuServe.COM?
   FTP site:	    
   File name:	    
   Cost:	    $25

   8. Criscros

   Name:	    Criscros
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Jerry Collins
   Address:	    Box 110, 875A Island Drive, Alameda, CA 94501. USA.
   E-Mail address:  Mail Brad Kaenel (72357.3523@CompuServe.com)
   FTP site:	    
   File name:	    
   Cost:	    $95

   9. Counterpoint Crossword Generator

   Name:	    Counterpoint Crossword Generator
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Nicholas Petreley
   Address:	    Counterpoint, ATTN: Nicholas Petreley, 8 Makefield
		    Circle N. Allentown, NJ 08501. USA.
   E-Mail address:  
   FTP site:	    msdos.archive.umich.edu
   File name:	    /msdos/games/crssword.arc
   Cost:	    Donationware

   10. Crossword Construction Kit

   Name:	    Crossword Construction Kit
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Kijin Jung
   Address:	    32633 Surrey Lane, Avon Lake, OH 44012. USA.
   E-Mail address:  kxj6@po.cwru.Edu
   FTP site:	    garbo.uwasa.fi
   File name:	    /pc/passtime
   Cost:	    Shareware

   11. AX303

   Name:	    AX303 (AXTOOLS)
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Doug Butler
   Address:	    Doug Butler PO Box 303 Oaklands Pk 5046 Australia
   E-Mail address:  bidlb@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au
   FTP Site:	    garbo.uwasa.fi
   File Name:	    /pc/pastimes/axword
   Cost:	    Shareware

   12. Crossword Generator

   Name:	    Crossword Generator (I think)
   Platform:	    MAC
   Developer:	    
   Address:	    
   E-Mail Address:  
   FTP Site:	    wuarchive.wustl.edu
   File Name:	    /mirrors2/info-mac/Old/game/crossword-generator.hqx
   Cost:	    

   13. Crossword Modus 

   Name:	    Crossword Modus 
   Platform:	    DOS
   Developer:	    Eric Deeson
   Address:	    20 Vaughan Avenue, London NW4 4HU. England.
   E-Mail Address:  
   FTP Site:	    
   File Name:	    
   Cost:	    37.45

   14. 

   Name:	    CrossMaster
   Platform:	    MAC?
   Developer:	    ?
   Address:	    Focus Development, 903 SW 43rd Street #202, Fargo, ND 58103.
   E-Mail Address:  ?
   FTP Site:	    sumex-aim.stanford.edu
   File Name:	    /info-mac/game/com directory/cross-master-112-demo.hqx
   Cost:	    ?

   15. 

   Name:	    WordCross
   Platform:	    ?
   Developer:	    ?
   Address:	    Hi Tech.
   E-Mail Address:  ?
   FTP Site:	    ?
   File Name:	    ?
   Cost:	    ?

   16.

   Name:	    CrossPro(tm)
   Platform:	    MAC
   Developer:	    Mike Phelps
   Address:	    8740 E. Yale Ave, Unit C, Denver, CO  80231
   E-Mail Address:  aspengld@cscns.com
   FTP Site:	    Soon!
   File Name:	    Soon!
   Cost:	    $38, incl 250 magazine-quality puzzles

   17. 

   Name:	    Crossword Magic
   Platform:	    ?
   Developer:	    ?
   Address:	    Mindscape.
   E-Mail Address:  ?
   FTP Site:	    ?
   File Name:	    ?
   Cost:	    ?

   18. 

   Name:            The Crosstik Program
   Description:     Tool to help you solve acrostic puzzles.
   Platform:        anything with DOS or a DOS emulator
   Developer:       Peter Kurrasch
   Address:         2004 Glenwood, Royal Oak, MI  48073-3032
   E-Mail address:  kurrasch@ecn.purdue.edu (until 05/94)
   FTP site:        wuarchive.wustl.edu
   File name:       /pub/msdos_uploads/games/cross2.zip
   Cost:            Free ($15.00 to register)

   19. 

   Name:            Plexus Word Weaver
   Description:     ?
   Platform:        ?
   Developer:       ?
   Address:         ?
   E-Mail address:  ?
   FTP site:        Seen in GAMES magazine.
   File name:       ?
   Cost:            ?

   20. 

   Name:            Cross Words Deluxe
   Description:     Software that allows you to solve crosswords on 
                    your computer.
   Platform:        DOS
   Developer:       Edward E. Dellow
   Address:         Strategic Solutions, 7908 Firefly, Fort Worth, 
                    Texas  76137
   E-Mail address:  ?
   FTP site:        Seen in America On-Line
   File name:       ?
   Cost:            $20.00

   21.

   Name:            Crossword Editor
   Description:     ?
   Platform:        ?
   Developer:       Wordplay.
   Address:         ?
   E-Mail address:  ?
   FTP site:        ?
   File name:       ?
   Cost:            ?

   There are some other packages which deal specifically with solving
   prepackaged puzzles.  A few games companies have released products in
   this bracket in the past while.  They include:

   1. Take-A-Break Crosswords from Sierra Games.
   2. Puzzle Master from Centron Software Technologies.
   3. The New York Times Crossword Puzzles from Swfte International Ltd.

   Some software which, while not a product in its own right, could be
   helpful to people developing and printing crosswords was advertised by
   MT Raghunath (mtr@cs.berkeley.edu) a while back in the conference.  His
   program translates an input file into a LaTeX file containing the
   crossword.  This LaTeX file can then be translated into postscript for
   printing.

(8) Are there any on-line dictionaries around?

   There are quite a few locations where complete dictionaries are to be
   found on the Internet and thanks must go to Ross Beresford for the
   following list.  The list could be much greater in size but at the cost
   of vast duplication:

        File name(s)   : pub/msdos/textutil/ukacd10.zip,teadac10.zip
        File size(s)   : 543330,530953
        Site(s)        : OAK.Oakland.Edu (and other SimTel mirrors)
        Origin         : UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary
        Entries        : 185582
        Inflected Forms: yes
        Phrases        : yes
        Mixed case     : yes
        Comments       : Word list specifically for crosswords maintained
                         by Ross Beresford (ross@bryson.demon.co.uk).
                         ukacd10.zip is in plain ASCII; teadac10.zip is
                         in TEA format (see The Electronic Alveary).

	File name(s)   : web2.Z
	File size(s)   : 1038775
	Site(s)        : many (use archie to find a local one)
	Origin         : Websters 2nd Edition words (cf web2a.Z)
	Entries        : 234932
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : web2a.Z
	File size(s)   : 434291
	Site(s)        : many (use archie to find a local one)
	Origin         : Websters 2nd Edition phrases (cf web2.Z)
	Entries        : 76205
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : yes
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : OSPD.shar.Z
	File size(s)   : 472885
	Site(s)        : wayback.cs.cornell.edu,ramses.cs.cornell.edu
	Origin         : U.S. Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary
	Entries        : 113901
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : no
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : mrc2.dct
	File size(s)   : 11179399
	Site(s)        : black.ox.ac.uk
	Origin         : Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
	Entries        : 119888
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       : Maintained by the Oxford Text Archive.

	File name(s)   : PD1:<MSDOS.LINGUISTICS>WORDS[1234].ZIP
	File size(s)   : 95306,74597,99024,84500
	Site(s)        : SIMTEL and mirrors
	Origin         : Uncertain (see read.me file)
	Entries        : 109582
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : no
	Comments       : This list has also been seen split into zip
			 files as evanwrd[1234].zip

	File name(s)   : words.english.Z
	File size(s)   : 288385
	Site(s)        : sparta.nmsu.edu,haywire.nmsu.edu
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 69964
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : Unabr.dict.Z
	File size(s)   : 951951
	Site(s)        : arthur.cs.purdue.edu,ftp.denet.dk
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 213557
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : no
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : unabrd.dic.Z
	File size(s)   : 1041512
	Site(s)        : src.doc.ic.ac.uk, world.std.com
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 235544
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : pocket.dic.Z
	File size(s)   : 85821
	Site(s)        : ftp.uu.net
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 21111
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : no
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : w130794.Z
	File size(s)   : 522533
	Site(s)        : ftp.uu.net
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 130794
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : no
	Comments       :

	File name(s)   : ispell-3.0.09.tar.z
	File size(s)   : 467745
	Site(s)        : prep.ai.mit.edu
	Origin         : Uncertain (see README files)
	Entries        : ca. 50000
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       : This is the GNU ispell package which could undergo
                         quite frequent releases. Hence the file name and
                         size could change.

	File name(s)   : roget13a.zip
	File size(s)   : 643011
	Site(s)        : mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
	Origin         : Roget's Thesaurus, 1911
	Entries        : 
	Inflected Forms: yes
	Phrases        : yes
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       : Since this edition is out of copyright, it appears
                         in several different forms on the net. The one
                         above is maintained by Project Gutenberg.

	File name(s)   : dictionaries.tar.Z
	File size(s)   : 485521
	Site(s)        : ftp.uu.net
	Origin         : Unknown
	Entries        : 53091
	Inflected Forms: no
	Phrases        : no
	Mixed case     : yes
	Comments       : A collection of specialised word lists, primarily
                         intended for password screening.
