INDEX from Crossword Archive (long)
James A. Lundon
Crossword Archive Index
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Location:
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FTP site - gatekeeper.dec.com
directory - /pub/micro/msdos/misc/crossword-archive
Maintained by:
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James A. Lundon (jlu...@ilo.dec.com)
Last updated:
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5 October 1996
Description of archive:
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The archive contains all sorts of goodies including:
1. Crossword software (Windows, MS-DOS, Amiga, Mac, Unix, VMS, Psion),
2. Results of the clueing competitions from rec.puzzles.crosswords,
3. The most recent copy of the rec.puzzles.crosswords FAQ,
4. Some crossword related source code,
5. Other text files related, either to the newsgroup itself, or to
crosswords in general.
Note 1: If you are testing one or more of the DOS applications from
the archive, in the same directory at the same time, please be careful
as some of the executables have the same name.
Note 2: I've collected much software from the Internet proper so you
may already know about much of the software contained herein. Saying
that, I do know that a large proportion of the software located here
cannot be found elsewhere :-).
Note 3: Please check your favourite WWW Search Engine or WWW Shareware
Site for updates of the products mentioned below if you think they may
be out of date.
Roadmap:
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INDEX
This file ;-).
README
This is a little file explaining the crossword archive and its
purpose.
version*_*.faq
These three files will contain the most recent version of the FAQ.
Contents:
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Crossword Compiler
Description: Create grids, find words, write clues etc.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Antony Lewis
Address: 16 Townley Rd, London SE22 8SR, UK
E-Mail address: AML...@hermes.cam.ac.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: DOS version: cw_v1.zip
Cost: £23 STG
Crossword Compiler for Windows
Description: Complete package: word finding, anagrams, DTP etc.
Platform: Windows 3.1+
Developer: Antony Lewis
Address: 16 Townley Rd, London SE22 8SR
E-Mail address: AML...@hermes.cam.ac.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: ccwin3.zip
Cost: 25 Pounds Sterling or 40 US Dollars
URL: http://www.wp.com/netword/home.html
WordWeb
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: wwebdat.zip
URL: http://www.wp.com/netword/wweb.html
Sympathy
Description: Crossword grid construction tool
Platform: Windows 3 and Windows 95
Developer: Bryson Limited
Address: 10 Wagtail Close, Twyford, Reading RG10 9ED, UK
E-Mail address: in...@bryson.demon.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: symp121.zip
Cost: 60 pounds sterling (+17.5% VAT in EC countries)
URL: http://www.compulink.co.uk/~bryson
The Electronic Alveary
Description: Searches for words matching a pattern
Platform: Windows 3 and Windows 95
Developer: Bryson Limited
Address: 10 Wagtail Close, Twyford, Reading RG10 9ED, UK
E-Mail address: in...@bryson.demon.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: teaw110.zip
Cost: 20 pounds sterling (+17.5% VAT in EC countries)
Description: Searches for words matching a pattern
Platform: DOS
Developer: Ross Beresford
Address: 10 Wagtail Close, Twyford, Reading RG10 9ED, UK
E-Mail address: ro...@bryson.demon.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: tea101.zip
Cost: Freeware
The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary
Description: English language word list for crosswords
Platform: Any supporting ISO 8859-1 character set
Developer: Ross Beresford
Address: 10 Wagtail Close, Twyford, Reading RG10 9ED, UK
E-Mail address: ro...@bryson.demon.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: ukacd14.zip
Cost: Freeware
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: kurr...@ecn.purdue.edu (until 05/94)
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cross2.zip
Cost: Free ($15.00 to register)
Crossword Power
Description: ?
Platform: DOS
Developer: Wisco Compcomuting
Address: P.O. BOX 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crossp7d.zip
Cost: $40
Crossword Companion
Description: ?
Platform: DOS
Developer: Martin Brook
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: compnion.zip
Cost: Free?
WordLok
Platform: DOS
Developer: Scott Gilley
Address: Pinnacle Solutions, 1001 Cassandra Ave,
Huntsville, AL 35802-3207. USA.
E-Mail address: pinn...@iquest.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: wordlk.exe
Cost: Free
Wordlok
Platform: DOS
Developer: ?
Address: Virtual Solutions, 4925 University Dr. Suite 176-211,
Dept. 6, Huntsville, AL 35816. USA.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: wrdlk11b.zip
Cost: $15
Xword
Description: Automates the composition, editing, and submission of
crossword puzzles in Windows.
Platform: Windows
Developer: Dominic
Address: Dominion Software 1088 Irvine Blvd, Tustin,
CA 92680, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: win_xwrd.zip
Cost: $20
OS/2 XWORD?
Description: ?
Platform: OS/2
Developer: ?
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: os2_xwrd.zip
Cost: ?
Logos
Platform: DOS
Developer: Jeremy W. Riley
Address: 7 Norword Way, Rochdale, Lancs OL11 5QS, England.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: logos2.zip
Cost: £10 Stg
Enigmax
Platform: DOS
Developer: Sam Bellotto
Address: 133 Akron St., Rochester, NY 14609-7618. USA.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: enigmx16.zip (supercedes enigmax1.zip)
Cost: shareware
Crossword Word Finder
Platform: DOS
Developer: Benjamin White
Address: 1923 Marietta Drive, Lexington, KY 40505-2371. USA.
E-Mail address: 70541...@CompuServe.COM?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwf12.zip
Cost: $25
Crossword Creator II
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: hu...@ilmen.lanl.gov
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwc2demo.lzh
Cost: $34.95
Crossword Creator
Platform: DOS (Windows version available)
Developer: Brad Kaenel
Address: PC help-line, 35250 Silver leaf Circle, Yacaipa, CA
92399. USA.
E-Mail address: 72357...@CompuServe.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwc600.zip
Cost: $49
Counterpoint Crossword Generator
Platform: DOS
Developer: Counterpoint
Address: 1475 Pennington Rd, Trenton, NJ 08618. U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: counterx.zip (supercedes crssword.zip)
Cost: $20
CrossPro
Platform: MAC
Developer: Mike Phelps
Address: 6610 Medinah Lane, Alexandria, VA 22312-3116 U.S.A.
E-Mail Address: aspe...@cscns.com
FTP Site: crossword archive
File Name: cross-pro-11-demo.hqx (supercedes cross-pro-demo.hqx)
Cost: $38, incl 250 magazine-quality puzzles
Crossword Construction Kit
Platform: DOS
Developer: Kijin Jung
Address: 32633 Surrey Lane, Avon Lake, OH 44012. USA.
E-Mail address: kx...@po.cwru.Edu
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cck13.zip
Cost: Shareware
AX303 (AXTOOLS)
Platform: DOS
Developer: Doug Butler
Address: Doug Butler PO Box 303 Oaklands Pk 5046 Australia
E-Mail address: bi...@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au
FTP Site: crossword archive
File Name: axword.zip
Cost: Shareware
Cyberspace Crossword Puzzle
Description: Sort of crossword game in 3-D.
Platform: Windows
Developer: Richard Wagner, Ivory Tower Software.
Address: ?
E-Mail address: 76427...@CompuServe.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: 3dxwd.zip
Cost: Free
Puzzler Solution Helper
Description: Anagrammer and spell checker
Platform: DOS
Developer: Robert Bequette
Address: Acropolis Software, P.O. Box 5037, Fair Oaks, CA
95628.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: pklr.zip
Cost: $10
Word-find
Description: Tiny crossword related application
Platform: DOS
Developer: Jim Button
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: wordfind.zip
Cost: ?
Computer Crossword Puzzles System
Description: Create, fill, and solve your own puzzles
Platform: DOS
Developer: NAEL Software
Address: 16308 Claire ln, So. Holland, Ill 60473, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: ccps.zip
Cost: freeware but $10 would be nice!
Crosspro
Description: Crossword based application
Platform: DOS
Developer: JJO Software
Address: 174 Westover Court, Delran, NJ 08075, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: 7340...@CompuServe.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crosspro.zip
Cost: $25
Compuzzle
Description: Create and solve crossword puzzles.
Platform: DOS
Developer: ?
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crsswr.zip
Cost: ?
Puz
Description: Useful command line utility for generating
anagrams.
Platform: DOS
Developer: David Stephens
Address: ?
E-Mail address: 71621...@CompuServe.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: puz10.zip
Cost: Freeware
Crossdown
Description: Create, solve and print your own crosswords.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Sam Bellotto
Address: 133 Akron St., Rochester, NY 14609-7618. USA.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: xdown28.zip or xwdwin24.zip
Cost: $30.75
New Puzzle Factory
Description: Create and print various crossword types
Platform: DOS
Developer: Michael X. Watman
Address: 55 New Rochester Road #16, Dover, NH 03820, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: newpuzz2.zip
Cost: $20
Criscros
Platform: DOS
Developer: Jerry Collins
Address: Box 110, 875A Island Drive, Alameda, CA 94501. USA.
E-Mail address: E-Mail Brad Kaenel (72357...@CompuServe.com)
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: criscros.zip
Cost: $95
The Daily Crossword
Description: Automatically Create and Solve Crossword Puzzles.
Platform: DOS
Developer: John Stevens
Address: AUS-PC-SOFT, Onkaparinga, Verdun,
South Australia, 5245 Australia.
E-Mail address: xw...@acy.digex.net
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: xword20.zip
Cost: $35 (US) Registration Fee. Registered users
receive latest version of CROSSWORD EXPRESS.
Crossword Express
Platform: Windows
Developer: John Stevens
Address: Pinnacle Solutions, 1001 Cassandra Ave,
Huntsville, AL 35802-3207. USA.
E-Mail address: pinn...@iquest.com ?? new address ??
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwe35.zip
Cost: $16.95, plus Shipping and handling of $3.50
URL: http://www.puzzledepot.com
WordWiz Crossword Puzzle Composer
Platform: Windows 3.1 (Win95 compatible)
Developer: Jim Buccigrossi
Address: 112 Woodward Drive, West Mifflin PA 15122-1065
E-Mail Address: jimb...@aol.com
FTP Site: crossword archive
File Name: wordwiz3.zip
Cost: $27 (13x13), $49 (17x17), $79 (25x25)
URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wordwiz
Wordly Wise
Description: The complete crossword package. Includes
160,000 word dictionary offering solver and
compiler features. Also includes complete
tutorial on how to solve cryptic clues.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Sapphire
Address: P.O.Box 4848, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9SZ,
United Kingdom
E-Mail address: wor...@sapp.demon.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: wwdemo.zip
Cost: Demo available free. Full version costs
29.95 pounds sterling or 49.95 US Dollars
(post free!)
Crossword Mania!
Description: The complete Crossword puzzle package for Windows!
Platform: IBM/Windows
Developer: Saturn Software
Address: P.O. Box 6053, Glendale, AZ 85312-6053.
E-Mail address: sat...@goodnet.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwm102-1.zip cwm102-2.zip
Cost: $24.95
CROSTICAID
Description: Software to assist compilers of Acrostic puzzles
Platform: MS-DOS
Developer: BEACH MEDIA, SAN DIEGO
Address: The Coach House, 1865-1/2 Sefton Place, San Diego,
CA 92107.
E-Mail address: sir...@beachmedia.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crosticaid.exe
Cost: $10
Crossword Publisher
Description: Program for crossword constructors.
Platform: Mac
Developer: Sheppard Company, Inc.
Address: 60 Thoreau Street #187, Concord, MA 01742
E-Mail address: shepp...@aol.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: publisher.txt - text description of the product's
functionality.
Cost: $79
Crossword Program
Description: Crossword compiler
Platform: DOS
Developer: Brent Modesitt
Address: 2701 Laramie Gate Circle, Pleasanton, CA
94566-4570.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: bmcwrd20.zip
Cost: Freeware
BIZXWORD
Description: Commercial quality crossword development kit.
Platform: MS Windows 3.11
Developer: Russell Belding
Address: Belding Computing Devices Ltd, PO box 65-038,
Auckland 1330, NZ.
E-Mail address: bizx...@belding.co.nz
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: bxword11.zip
Cost: $25 personal use - $100 commercial use.
Crossword Construction Kit
Description: Crossword builder
Platform: MS Windows V3.1
Developer: ?
Address: Insight Software Solution, PO box 354, Bountiful,
UT 85011-0354.
E-Mail address: 71672...@compuserve.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cwkit20b.zip
Cost: $18
DXWORD
Description: Diagramless Crossword creator.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Bill Tavolga
Address: 5151 Windward Ave, Sarasota, FL 34242.
E-Mail address: 7636...@compuserve.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: dxw.arc
Cost:
Puzzler
Description: Crossword creator.
Platform: ?
Developer: ?
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: pzl300.zip
Cost: ?
URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/croftd/
XWORD (another!)
Description: Crossword creator?
Platform: DOS
Developer: A.R. Guest
Address: 14 Glebe Farm View, Gedling, Nottingham NG4 4NZ.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: x-word.zip
Cost: 7.95 pounds sterling
PuzzLex
Description: Word Utility
Platform: DOS
Developer: Neville Bentley
Address: 38 Hammerley St, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent ST1
6LW.
E-Mail address: 10033...@compuserve.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: xpuzlex.zip
Cost: ?
Crossword Challenge
Description: Collection of puzzles to solve electronically.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Philip P. Kapusta
Address: PO box 5423, Falmouth, VA 22403.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: xwordc.zip
Cost: $9 to $16 depending upon the number of puzzles
selected.
Cross
Description: German crossword compiler.
Platform: AmigaDOS
Developer: Jurgen Weinelt
Address: Zur Kanzel 1, D-8783 Hammelburg, Germany.
E-Mail address: j...@sun.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cross51.lha
Cost: freeware
Lexitron
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: AmigaDOS
Developer: Reg Stevens
Address: ?
E-Mail address: r.w.s...@uk03.wins.icl.co.uk
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: lexitron.lha
Cost: freeware
Crossword U-Create
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: Windows 3.1
Developer: Gerald Schleicher
Address: ?
E-Mail address: 7614...@compuserve.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crssmk11.zip
Cost: ?
Crosswords V2.01
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: Windows 3.1
Developer: Glenn DeBiasa
Address: ?
E-Mail address: gle...@aol.com
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: crswd201.zip
Cost: ?
Fillin
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: Windows 3.1
Developer: Michael Cooper
Address: ?
E-Mail address: aur...@infi.net
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: fillin.zip
Cost: ?
Crossword Puzzle Editor
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: AmigaDOS
Developer: ?
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cpe.lha
Cost: ?
Deluxe Crossword for Windows
Description: Crossword compiler.
Platform: Windows 3.1
Developer: ?
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: crossword archive
File name: cweval10.zip
Cost: ?
rot13.explained
This is a little text file put together by Ryan Harding
(rk...@ukc.ac.uk) explaining what ROT13 is, and how it works in the
context of the clueing competitions in the newsgroup.
indictrs.txt
This is a file of words and their respective indicators which are
commonly used in setting and solving crosswords. This file was
formerly part of the FAQ proper. Thanks to Ross Beresford
(ro...@bryson.demon.co.uk) for collecting together such a huge list.
acc_wins.tar.Z
cwc_wins.tar.Z
pcwc_wins.tar.Z
c5_wins.tar.Z
These four files contain the results of most runnings of the ACC, CWC,
PCWC and C5 clueing competitions (only ACC1 is missing). See, all our
good work hasn't gone completely up in smoke :-). These files have
been updated to include all competitions up to early October 1996.
pcwc_moderators_kit.tar
This is the PCWC moderators kit. It's in the form of a shell script
which you will need a UNIX shell to break open and use. If you don't
have a UNIX system at your disposal please ask for help in the
newsgroup.
cwc_temlpate.txt
This is the CWC announcement template. It is the preferred template
by which a moderator should announce a forthcoming CWC competition.
c5_template.txt
This is the C5 template. It is the preferred template by which the
moderator of the C5 competition should run the competition.
latex_formatter.txt
This is a small C language utility to create LaTex crossword output
posted to rec.puzzles.crosswords in 1992 by MT Raghunath
(m...@cs.berkeley.edu).
grid_generator.lisp
This is a grid generator written in common lisp by Don Geddis
(ged...@cs.Stanford.edu).
openwindows.sh
This is an American-style crossword puzzle generator/solver with nice
graphics and dictionary help. Compiles on a Sun Openwindows 4.1.2
platform. It was written by John Staples (sta...@csg.lbl.gov).
crosstex.tar.Z
A small program to convert the given crossword grid into LaTeX format.
It was written by Sitanshu Seth (sis...@blackmail.eng.uiowa.edu).
crosswrd.zip
A small package used to produce crossword puzzles in LaTeX. It was
written by Brian Hamilton-Kelly (t...@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk).
Crossword.README Crossword.app.tar.Z
Crossword.examples.tar.Z Crossword.src.tar.Z
Source code pack for a crossword application written for a NeXT
machine by H. Scott Roy (h...@cs.stanford.edu).
wordplay721.tar
A standalone anagramming application written in C by Evans A Criswell
(cris...@cs.uah.edu).
wp720dos.zip
DOS executable of the Wordplay application cited above.
wp720os2.zip
OS/2 executable of the Wordplay application cited above.
words.[2-8].Z or ospd_words.zip
These files contain all words of up to eight letters that are
considered acceptable in Scrabble(R) Brand Crossword Game play in
NSA-sanctioned play as of August 1994. They are compressed using Unix
compress (*.Z) and are also available using PKzip in one file as
ospd_words.zip.
anagrams.txt
This is a list of anagram indicators as collected by Antony Lewis
(aml...@hermes.cam.ac.uk). This list is also available as part of
his own crossword compiler - Crossword Compiler for Windows.
berker.txt
This is the text of a paper co-authored by Ilan Berker
(ber...@wpi.edu) on automatic crossword generators.
charter.txt
This is the charter of the newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords. It was
previously in the FAQ itself.
coxrathvon.txt
This is the Cox and Rathvon's (CoxRa...@aol.com) "Clue-Solving for
Beginners: A guide to The Atlantic Puzzler".
crab.sh
This is Guy Jacobson's (g...@ulysses.att.com) Scrabble playing crab,
coded in C.
ginsberg.ps
This is a postscript copy of Ginsberg et al's paper on automatic
crossword generation.
rgr_king.dic.Z
This is Roger King's dictionary, as cited in the FAQ.
shortx.txt
A short article about Will Shortz.
st_sguide.txt
A short guide to solving cryptic crosswords put together by Murray
Smith (smi...@direct.ca). It is based on The Sunday Times Solvers'
Guide.
cruciPC.zip cruci_hpux_700.tar.Z
Fernando Pardo's (pa...@imec.be) automatic crossword generator. The
executables are for HP-UX V7.0? and DOS only. No sources are
included.
pchome93.zip
Zip file of February 1993's free disk containing a demo of Sierra's
(then) latest crossword software.
scrabout.zip
Lance Frohman's (lfro...@sirius.com) scrabble game for Windows.
MultiMots.sit.bin
Interesting looking word game for the Mac.
rot13.bas
Small Basic program to do ROT13 conversion written by Jules LaFrance
(ab...@freenet.carleton.ca).
rot20.zip
Andrew Okun's (76640...@compuserve.com) small Windows utility that
will perform ROT13 on any inputted string.
decrypt.zip
Wayne Anthony's (want...@adelaide.dialix.oz.au) small Windows utility
that will perform ROT13 on any inputted string.
lxprt11.zip
This is a word study program for windows written by M. Ravichandran
(caro...@netcom.com).
cword.tar.Z
Robert Morris's crossword generator. Also obtainable from:
ftp://ftp.eecs.harvard.edu/users/rtm/cword.tar.gz .
word410.zip
WORDY Scrabble word study system written by thegr...@gcc.cc.md.us.
an-0.93.tar.gz
C source code for an anagram generator written by Richard Jones
(jon...@latcs1.cs.latrobe.edu.au).
ww.zip
Crossword/Scrabble game Version 1.1 based on the World's Faster
Scrabble Game (ACM communications May 1988). Written by Graham
Wheeler (gr...@oms.co.za).
pscroswd.zip
Crossword grid Postscript code. Unknown author.
lexi.tar
Perl word program called Lexigraph written by Max. Heiman
(max...@minerva.cis.yale.edu).
ag.zip
Demo version of the very popular Anagram Genius written by William
Tunstall-Pedoe (wil...@genius.demon.co.uk).
anagramcrossword1_5.cpt.hqx
Popular Mac anagram generator.
dist.zip
Java crossword applet with graphics and HTML obtained from
www.clearlight.com/~vivi/xw/gallery.html.
psion.mime
Small Franch crossword game for the Psion.
wj.zip
Wordjunction demo in Visual Basic. Taken from a PC Magazine article
from late 1995. For more details check out http://www.pcmag.com using
Wordjunction as the search term.
xword_pslv3.zip
Postscript Level 3 crossword grid code written by Charles van den
Ouweland (ouwe...@ats.nld.alcatel.nl).
xwordsty_tex.tar.gz
TeX crossword grid code obtained from CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive
Network. May be the same as Brian Hamilton-Kelly.
There are a few files in the archive about which I know nothing. Can
anyone out there help me fill in the blanks?
crossword-generator.hqx ??
cross-puzzler.hqx ??
crossword.hqx ??
crosspro-15-demo.sit.hqx ??
Crossword.sit.hqx ??
word-finder.hqx ??
cryptoquip-22.hqx ??
Crossword.lha ??
RHelfer.lha ??