Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver

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Put your feet up and escape from it all with The Chambers Book of Cryptic Crosswords featuring a ‘ton’ of cryptic challenges to give your brain a workout. All the advice you’ll need: the first section of the book, based on Chambers Crossword Manual, is full of practical tips on how approach a crossword and understand the different clue types. All the practice you’ll need: included as part of the manual section, are over thirty actual crossword puzzles, complete with detailed explanations of the solutions. Proper nouns tend to be scored pretty low, and lately I've been scoring these in the 50-60 range, depending on familiarity. The puzzles occupy the “challenging”, mid-range territory, striking a balance between the accessible and the unattainable. Each includes a handful of clues from both ends of the spectrum: relatively easy ones, allowing solvers a way in, and toughies, that stretch the cerebral powers much more.

The Chambers Crossword Dictionary is the perfect tool for any crossword solver – and you know it because it is used by the setters themselves!All the history you’ll need: the Companion is introduced by a brilliant essay by crossword guru Don Manley explaining ‘The History of Crosswords in Ten Clues’.

The Solver section contains more than 100,000 potential solutions, including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives and inflections of verbs. The list extends to first names, place names, technical terms, compound expressions, abbreviations and euphemisms. Grouped according to number of letters - up to fifteen - this section is easy to use and suitable for all levels of crossword puzzle. At the end a further 3,000 words are listed by category, along with an index of unusual words. There are two lists here, each available in either Windows (.txt) or Mac (.dict) format. Use them with Crossword), find words which will help you (Chambers Crossword Lists) or actually fill in blank spaces (Chambers Crossword Completer). It’s easy! Just provide your word list and the Crossword Puzzle Maker will create a puzzle for you. Jonathan Crowther, better known to cryptic crossword solvers as Azed, having set crosswords for The Observer for over 40 years

Score for LISTS

The cut-off point for general usefulness is 50. The 35-49 range is mostly things that I would only consider using in a pinch in a conventional crossword, and anything below that is likely unusable for almost any purpose. Yes I know this distribution of scores makes no sense. But note that 100% of the entires on the scored list have scores attached because I apply a default score to unscored entries when exporting. Peter Biddlecombe, The Sunday Times crossword editor and The Times Crossword Championship winner (2000, 2007) All the solutions you’ll need: for the first time ever, the Chambers Crossword Companion brings together the two most important crossword-solvers tools: The Chambers Crossword Dictionary and Chambers Complete Crossword Lists, fully integrated with each other.

Enter the word to be revealed, add colon(:) as separator and then add your question or clue for that word (word:clue) You can create a challenging and fun crossword puzzle within minutes. This super simple, fast, and easy to use online crossword maker will help keep your audience entertained for hours. Crossword Spin is an online puzzle maker that allows you to create crossword puzzles for free! This is perfect for teachers and students or anyone who wants to practice their vocabulary and problem solving skills.The scoring is a bit all over the place, since I've changed my preferences and methodology over the years. Derek Arthur (1945-2010), co-editor of The Listener crossword in The Times and of The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 2nd edition This is a list of mostly familiar words, phrases, and names, most of which have a weight or score from 1–100.