November 2007
17 posts
Naughty Printable Crosswords
I guess it’s true: Anything you could possible imagine is on the Internet, somewhere! It’s estimated that more than 70% of the Internet’s traffic is either porn or spam e-mails, or a combination of the two. So there is obviously a high demand for adult-related material, and why should printable crosswords be any different? Back in 2006, Jorge Stafford who writes over at...
Christmas Crosswords Ornament Gift Idea
My wife just sent me this link to this great Christmas Crosswords Ornament! Think I should take that as a hint?? The ornament features a woman sitting in a chair, crosswords puzzle in her lap, pondering what her next answer is going to be. Behind the chair is a white placard with a crossword puzzle on it, off to the left side. The right side, however, can be custom tailored with you...
New Beekeeper Printable Crosswords Has Been...
Here’s a printable crosswords to take with you over the holidays. This week, The BeeKeeper brings us “Stop. Pay Troll.” “And what”, you might ask, “do you have for us this week?” Well, we’re glad that you asked. What we’ve got is 36 black squares, 189 white squares, and 76 clues — all artfully arranged in such a way as to maximize your solving pleasure. “But you just described...
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San Diego State University Printable Crosswords
I just stumbled across the SDSU Geological Science Department’s blog and noticed they had posted a printable crosswords for November with the theme being seismology. Upon further digging, they have an entire set of printable crosswords in their puzzles section! Topics include Mineralogy, Geologic Time, Volcanology, and Paleontology. The other great thing about their site is the fact that...
See What You Can Be: A Printable Crosswords...
Being a fairly new parent (my Satan’s-Spawn daughter is almost 5), I’m starting to do some forward thinking about raising her. I ran across a wonderful book geared towards the 9-12 year old crowd, but went ahead and picked it up to have on our bookshelf. It’s entitled See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be For You!, and is a part of the American Girl Library. The book...
Wordplay: The Movie
Last night I had some free time and sat down to watch the movie Wordplay by Patrick Creadon and Christine O’Malley. If you’re a hardcore printable crosswords enthusiast, you will enjoy this documentary on the crosswords cult that exists in our society. Witness the inner workings of Will Shortz, NY Times Editor and NPR Puzzle Master, and his brilliant, entertaining and often hilarious...
Printable Crosswords Variants
According to Wikipedia, there are several different types of printable crosswords variants that go beyond your basic odd grid shape or odd clues. Some of these variants require completely different methodologies for solving them, going above and beyond a typical crosswords puzzle. Today we’ll cover four of the major printable crosswords variants. One of my favorites are...
Heros Printable Crosswords
LiveJournal user heroes_geek has created a Hero’s themed printable crosswords for us all to enjoy! If you are not only a crossword addict but also a Hero’s fan, here’s a good one for you!
Two Cool Gadgets for the Printable Crosswords Geek
If in addition to being a printable crosswords junkie you’re also a technology geek, then I have two extremely cool, inexpensive gadgets that you won’t be able to live without. The first is the Franklin CWP-206 Crossword Puzzle Solver. It comes in at less than $30, and amazon has a few used up for around $25 or so. It’s pre-programmed with over 250,000 words and phrases taken...
Awesome Free Site For Printable Crosswords!
I just stumbled across the Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker, which allows you to generate your own printable crosswords, and boy is it cool! You simply feed it in a list of words and clues, and it does all the rest for you! After clicking the ‘Create Puzzle’ button once your done filling in your criteria, you have the option to bring up a page of the printable crosswords it...
Amateur Radio Printable Crosswords
In addition to being a printable crosswords fan, I’m also an Amateur Radio operator. For those of you who might be fellow hams, you should check out the ARRL’s Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler! New puzzles are constantly being added, and are of course, amateur radio themed. They provide a PDF copy that you can easily print out, and best of all, they’re free. At this point in our...
Five Great Books on Printable Crosswords
Here is a list of my top five favorite crossword and crossword-related books out right now that I would personally recommend. All of these are inexpensive and easily available from Amazon.com. If you are a crossword-fiend like I am, you’ll definitely want to check each of these out! But if nothing else, take a look at the last one in the list: One Man’s Journey into America’s...
Printable Crosswords Drama in World War II
In 1944, The Daily Telegraph used a printable crosswords in several of their editions that Allied security officers didn’t like. Some of the answers to the puzzle were in fact secret code names for an upcoming military campaign which was known as Operation Overlord! The word “Utah” first appeared in the May 2nd edition. “Utah” was the code name for a particular...
Printable Crosswords Grid Types
Many people don’t realize that there are different types of grids used to create printable crosswords. What I find really interesting is that the types of grids are more common among different regions and cultures in the world. While there are subtle differences between the crosswords in North America and Britain, The Japanese have added additional rules to those that are typically followed...
Printable Crosswords History
The first official printable crosswords was created by Liverpudlian Arthur Wynne, and was published on December 21st, 1913 in the New York World, then called a “word-cross”. It was an instant success, and quickly became a feature done weekly in the newspaper. From 1913 to 1924, the New York World was the only publication printing crosswords. In 1924, a publishing company called Simon...
Printable Crosswords
Printable crosswords. One of the Internet’s best uses, in my opinion! I got hooked on doing crossword puzzles a few years ago during a long road trip where there wasn’t much to do. Over the years, I’ve spent lots of dollars buying puzzle books and doing them in my free time. But then it occurred to me… Why not just find some printable crosswords that I could print as I...