Crossword Archive Index ----------------------- Location: ========= FTP site - gatekeeper.dec.com directory - /pub/micro/msdos/misc/crossword-archive Maintained by: ============== James A. Lundon (jlundon@ilo.dec.com) Last updated: ============= 5 October 1996 Description of archive: ======================= 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favourite WWW Search Engine or WWW Shareware Site for updates of the products mentioned below if you think they may be out of date.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: ======== 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: ========= 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: AML1005@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: AML1005@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: info@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: info@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: ross@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: ross@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: kurrasch@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: pinnacle@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: 70541.2371@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: hutch@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: 72357.3523@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: aspengld@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: kxj6@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: bidlb@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: 76427.2611@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: 73407.550@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: 71621.2210@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 (72357.3523@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: xword@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: pinnacle@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: jimb15122@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: wordly@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: saturn@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: sirrah@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: sheppardco@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: bizxword@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: 71672.3464@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: 76360.45@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: 100333.3533@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: jow@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.stevens@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: 76143.671@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: glendb@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: aurora@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 (rkh2@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 (ross@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 (mtr@cs.berkeley.edu). grid_generator.lisp This is a grid generator written in common lisp by Don Geddis (geddis@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 (staples@csg.lbl.gov). crosstex.tar.Z A small program to convert the given crossword grid into LaTeX format. It was written by Sitanshu Seth (siseth@blackmail.eng.uiowa.edu). crosswrd.zip A small package used to produce crossword puzzles in LaTeX. It was written by Brian Hamilton-Kelly (tex@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 (hsr@cs.stanford.edu). wordplay721.tar A standalone anagramming application written in C by Evans A Criswell (criswell@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 (aml1005@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 (berker@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 (CoxRathvon@aol.com) "Clue-Solving for Beginners: A guide to The Atlantic Puzzler". crab.sh This is Guy Jacobson's (guy@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 (smithmw@direct.ca). It is based on The Sunday Times Solvers' Guide. cruciPC.zip cruci_hpux_700.tar.Z Fernando Pardo's (pardo@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 (lfrohman@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 (ab388@freenet.carleton.ca). rot20.zip Andrew Okun's (76640.1261@compuserve.com) small Windows utility that will perform ROT13 on any inputted string. decrypt.zip Wayne Anthony's (wanthony@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 (carolrav@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 thegrendel@gcc.cc.md.us. an-0.93.tar.gz C source code for an anagram generator written by Richard Jones (jonesr@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 (gram@oms.co.za). pscroswd.zip Crossword grid Postscript code. Unknown author. lexi.tar Perl word program called Lexigraph written by Max. Heiman (maxwell@minerva.cis.yale.edu). ag.zip Demo version of the very popular Anagram Genius written by William Tunstall-Pedoe (william@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 (ouweland@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 ??