I haven't written a CC personally yet, but I have tried my hand at making regular crosswords, so some principles apply in this case
The first thing you should do is define your grid
After the grid is set, you can start filling in the words, starting from the longest and working your way down in length
If there's a certain theme you want to stick to, then put those words in first
When filling in the words, I recommend using crossword tools like Qat to help you find interesting words and fill in gaps that you're having trouble filling
If that seems like too much of a hassle, you can go for a variety cryptic style, where the words are separated by solid lines and not black squares. This gives you more flexibility in the words you can use but, as the descriptor "variety" suggests, you usually have to pair the crossword with another mechanism, such as letter extractions
I want to test if someone with no experience in Graph Theory can solve my Problems involving Graphs. If you do know some Graph Theory I'd appreciate if you let me know in your answer.
They do not require high-level knowledge or understanding.
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Have a try with this 3D Herugolf puzzle!
Rules of Herugolf: (Adapted from @Stiv's adaption of Nikoli)
Move (hit) all circles (balls) one or more times, and bring them to a cell with a red H (hole). Each ball must end up in a different hole.
Show the movement of a ball by an ar...
A calculator has only 2 buttons. The first multiplies the current value by 2, the second divides it by 3 without a remainder (so 8 becomes 2). Can you use this calculator to reach every positive integer when starting with 1?
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I'm trying to solve this problem: Need to fill the blanks below with either of the following 3 arithmetic expressions: +, -, or x
((( 9__8)__7)__6)__(5__(4__(3__(2__1))))=10000
Can someone help? I am stuck.
Joe MCCARTHY was a supporter of ending to capitalism obstructs, if an obstruct is something that obstructs… which it's not. But anyway, his name has CART in it, which is a means of gathering resources. So if "by" clues MCHY, we're done. :-)
There are 2000 items with different weights. The goal is to find the item that has the maximum weight out of the 2000 and the item that has the minimum weight out of the 2000. For this you are allowed to use a balanced scale where only one item can fit on one side of the scale. In what way can th...
Have a try with this 3D Herugolf puzzle!
Rules of Herugolf: (Adapted from @Stiv's adaption of Nikoli)
Move (hit) all circles (balls) one or more times, and bring them to a cell with a red H (hole). Each ball must end up in a different hole.
Show the movement of a ball by an ar...
A calculator has only 2 buttons. The first multiplies the current value by 2, the second divides it by 3 without a remainder (so 8 becomes 2). Can you use this calculator to reach every positive integer when starting with 1?
Here is a similar question: Two button calculator
I'm trying to solve this problem: Need to fill the blanks below with either of the following 3 arithmetic expressions: +, -, or x
((( 9__8)__7)__6)__(5__(4__(3__(2__1))))=10000
Can someone help? I am stuck.
The only hint I received is that the dots are considered spaces. But I find it strange that there are sometimes 2 dots. One of them is maybe considere
