Thursday, June 21, 2018

Help Wanted: Cruciverbalists

Tools Used to Create Can-Am Cryptic Crosswords

Crossword Compiler 10
https://www.crossword-compiler.com/
A great program. Easy to use and worth the money.

Wordplay Wizard 1.1
Shows anagrams and various wordplay options for inputted words. Inexpensive and very worthwhile.
http://www.crosswordman.com/
with various useful text files: Anagram, Abbreviation, Connectors, etc.
to help select indicator words for many kinds of wordplay

Sublime Text 3.0 ('nagware' so-called but please get a license - it's worth it. Best editor I've ever used.)
https://www.sublimetext.com/

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
$22.99 per month - if you have any other way to concatenate PDFs, let me know, and keep your $23.
https://acrobat.adobe.com

CreateSpace Self Publishing
Free, easy book creation. No charge except when books printed. Best royalty rate (33%) anywhere.
https://www.createspace.com/


Free (but please help) - Open Source

For creating and updating my database of words/clues
IDLE 3.5.2
Python 3.5.2
www.python.org

SQLite 3.15.2
https://www.sqlite.org

LibreOffice 5.2
As good as Microsoft Office without the exorbitant fees.
https://www.libreoffice.org

Firefox Quantum 59.0.2
https://www.mozilla.org
Webpages Used Regularly for Puzzle Making
http://www.the-crossword-solver.com/word
https://www.powerthesaurus.org

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