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Crossword: On the Web

My latest crossword is called “On the Web.” The theme is four clues around internet terminology and it’s just in time for all the folks out there who need a good excuse to get some time away from family chaos this Thanksgiving. This is my third crossword made for public consumption, the second, “Rocky Mountain Way,” published back in April featured themed clues about 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado.

A few improvements on this puzzle compared to past puzzles:

  1. A better balance of 3 letter clues and longer clues
  2. No blank clues!
  3. No duplicates!
  4. Better theme, and better clues to support it

Like Rocky, the puzzle was ultimately made using the open source software, Phil, by Keiran King. I went back to drawing out the initial draft by hand on paper for this one. Having more practice with grid design, theme development, and going back to drawing this out by hand helped improve the quality significantly.

Another thing that helped this time around was sending the puzzle to a few testers before publishing it. Thanks to everybody who played along and put up with the early release version. For everybody else, happy solving and thanks for giving my puzzle a try! If you have feedback, leave a comment or reach out some other way.