How To Make Crossword Puzzles Page 2

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5. Now put in the numbers, again using the printout as a guide. Also give a gray
background to ‘islands’—empty cells surrounded by word cells. (Black islands waste
ink.)
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And you are done! You now have a nice, clean puzzle that you can easily size, rotate,
reposition, etc. as you like, and add graphics to freely!
You also have complete control over colors, fonts, etc. And you can easily modify your
puzzle to different levels of difficulty for different classes, rather than making completely
different puzzles for students at different levels.
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NOTE: It’s not a bad idea to also have a print out of the answer key for yourself.
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