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179 <div class="category-header">Solving Tools</div> 180 <div class="link-grid"> 181 182 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/dictionary" class="link-tile"> 183 <div class="tile-content"> 184 <h3>Dictionary</h3> 185 <p>Look up answers to crossword clues</p> 186 </div> 187 </a> 188 189 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/solve/" class="link-tile"> 190 <div class="tile-content"> 191 <h3>Crossword Solver</h3> 192 <p>Solve puzzles in a variety of digital formats</p> 193 </div> 194 </a> 195 196 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/variety-solver/" class="link-tile"> 197 <div class="tile-content"> 198 <h3>Variety Puzzle Solver</h3> 199 <p>Solve variety puzzles in .vpuz format</p> 200 </div> 201 </a> 202 203 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/puz-to-pdf/" class="link-tile"> 204 <div class="tile-content"> 205 <h3>Puz To PDF</h3> 206 <p>Convert a digital file into a PDF for solving</p> 207 </div> 208 </a> 209 210 <a href="https://boisvert42.github.io/mechapuzzle/" class="link-tile"> 211 <div class="tile-content"> 212 <h3>Mechapuzzle</h3> 213 <p>Analyze a puzzle to find its meta solution</p> 214 </div> 215 </a> 216 217 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/obfuscate/" class="link-tile"> 218 <div class="tile-content"> 219 <h3>Puzzle Obfuscator</h3> 220 <p>Spice up your crossword solving</p> 221 </div> 222 </a> 223 224 </div> 225 </div> 226 227 228 <!-- Category: Puzzles By Alex And Friends --> 229 <div class="category"> 230 <div class="category-header">Blog Puzzles</div> 231 <div class="link-grid"> 232 233 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/" class="link-tile"> 234 <div class="tile-content"> 235 <h3>All Puzzles</h3> 236 <p>All Puzzles from the blog</p> 237 </div> 238 </a> 239 240 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/variety-puzzles/acrostic/" class="link-tile"> 241 <div class="tile-content"> 242 <h3>Acrostics</h3> 243 <p>Puzzles with a quote</p> 244 </div> 245 </a> 246 247 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/collabs/" class="link-tile"> 248 <div class="tile-content"> 249 <h3>Collabs</h3> 250 <p>Puzzles with friends!</p> 251 </div> 252 </a> 253 254 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/crosswords/" class="link-tile"> 255 <div class="tile-content"> 256 <h3>Crosswords</h3> 257 <p>All crosswords from the blog</p> 258 </div> 259 </a> 260 261 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/crosswords/innervisions/" class="link-tile"> 262 <div class="tile-content"> 263 <h3>"Innervisions" Series</h3> 264 <p>Puzzles inspired by Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" album</p> 265 </div> 266 </a> 267 268 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/variety-puzzles/kaidoku/" class="link-tile"> 269 <div class="tile-content"> 270 <h3>Kaidoku</h3> 271 <p>Also known as "coded crosswords", kaidoku are a mix between sudoku and crosswords</p> 272 </div> 273 </a> 274 275 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/crosswords/marx-brothers/" class="link-tile"> 276 <div class="tile-content"> 277 <h3>"Marx Brothers" Series</h3> 278 <p>Puzzles inspired by the Marx Brothers movies</p> 279 </div> 280 </a> 281 282 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/blog/category/puzzles/crosswords/yacht-rock/" class="link-tile"> 283 <div class="tile-content"> 284 <h3>"Yacht Rock" Series</h3> 285 <p>Crosswords inspired by the YouTube "Yacht Rock" series</p> 286 </div> 287 </a> 288
289 </div> 290 </div> 291 292 293 <!-- Category: Other Puzzles On The Site --> 294 <div class="category"> 295 <div class="category-header">Other Puzzles</div> 296 <div class="link-grid"> 297 298 <a href="https://avcx.crosswordnexus.com/" class="link-tile"> 299 <div class="tile-content"> 300 <h3>AVCX Ã Crossword Nexus</h3> 301 <p>Solve AVCX puzzles in your browser via our interface</p> 302 </div> 303 </a> 304 305 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/jonesin/" class="link-tile"> 306 <div class="tile-content"> 307 <h3>Jonesin'</h3> 308 <p>Solve Matt Jones's latest crossword</p> 309 </div> 310 </a> 311 312 <a href="https://acrostics.crosswordnexus.com/" class="link-tile"> 313 <div class="tile-content"> 314 <h3>Patreon Acrostics</h3> 315 <p>Support the site and solve some fun puzzles</p> 316 </div> 317 </a> 318 319 </div> 320 </div> 321 322 323 <!-- Category: ~ Variety Puzzle Tools ~ --> 324 <div class="category"> 325 <div class="category-header">Variety Puzzle Tools</div> 326 <div class="link-grid"> 327 328 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/acrostic/" class="link-tile"> 329 <div class="tile-content"> 330 <h3>Acrostic Machine</h3> 331 <p>Build your own acrostic puzzles</p> 332 </div> 333 </a> 334 335 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/consonant-companions/" class="link-tile"> 336 <div class="tile-content"> 337 <h3>Consonant Companions</h3> 338 <p>Make a "Consonant Companions" puzzle</p> 339 </div> 340 </a> 341 342 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/spiral/crushword.html" class="link-tile"> 343 <div class="tile-content"> 344 <h3>Crushword Spiral</h3> 345 <p>Make a spiral with multiple letters in each space</p> 346 </div> 347 </a> 348 349 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/hexagon_lexicon/build_your_own.html" class="link-tile"> 350 <div class="tile-content"> 351 <h3>Hexagon Lexicon Builder</h3> 352 <p>Build a hexagon-based word search game</p> 353 </div> 354 </a> 355 356 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/flower-power/" class="link-tile"> 357 <div class="tile-content"> 358 <h3>Flower Power</h3> 359 <p>Make a "flower power" puzzle</p> 360 </div> 361 </a> 362 363 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/going-too-far/" class="link-tile"> 364 <div class="tile-content"> 365 <h3>Going Too Far</h3> 366 <p>Make a "Going Too Far" puzzle</p> 367 </div> 368 </a> 369 370 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/jelly-roll/" class="link-tile"> 371 <div class="tile-content"> 372 <h3>Jelly Roll</h3> 373 <p>Make a Jelly Roll puzzle</p> 374 </div> 375 </a> 376 377 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/rows-garden/" class="link-tile"> 378 <div class="tile-content"> 379 <h3>Rows Gardens</h3> 380 <p>Make yourself a rows garden puzzle</p> 381 </div> 382 </a> 383 384 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/snake_charmer/" class="link-tile"> 385 <div class="tile-content"> 386 <h3>Snake Charmer</h3> 387 <p>ð Create a variety puzzle that snakes around a grid ð</p> 388 </div> 389 </a> 390 391 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/spiral/" class="link-tile"> 392 <div class="tile-content"> 393 <h3>Spirals</h3> 394 <p>ð Build a puzzle that spirals around ð</p> 395 </div> 396 </a> 397 398 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/seven-sages/" class="link-tile"> 399 <div class="tile-content"> 400 <h3>Stained Glass</h3> 401 <p>
401Make a "stained glass" (or "seven sages") puzzle</p> 402 </div> 403 </a> 404 405 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/variety-tools/two-tone/" class="link-tile"> 406 <div class="tile-content"> 407 <h3>Two-Tone</h3> 408 <p>Make a two-tone puzzle</p> 409 </div> 410 </a> 411 412 </div> 413 </div> 414 415 416 <!-- Category: Cluing/Theming --> 417 <div class="category"> 418 <div class="category-header">Cluing/Theming</div> 419 <div class="link-grid"> 420 421 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/double-occupancy/" class="link-tile"> 422 <div class="tile-content"> 423 <h3>Double Occupancy</h3> 424 <p>Find entries where both parts can precede or follow a given word</p> 425 </div> 426 </a> 427 428 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/onion-clues" class="link-tile"> 429 <div class="tile-content"> 430 <h3>Onion Clues</h3> 431 <p>Make clues from "The Onion" headlines</p> 432 </div> 433 </a> 434 435 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/crossword-quip-parser/" class="link-tile"> 436 <div class="tile-content"> 437 <h3>Quip Parser</h3> 438 <p>Split a quip into symmetric parts for a crossword</p> 439 </div> 440 </a> 441 442 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/roman-numeral-clues/" class="link-tile"> 443 <div class="tile-content"> 444 <h3>Roman Numeral Clues</h3> 445 <p>For God's sake don't use this</p> 446 </div> 447 </a> 448 449 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/umiaq" class="link-tile"> 450 <div class="tile-content"> 451 <h3>Umiaq</h3> 452 <p>Do some advanced pattern matching on a word list</p> 453 </div> 454 </a> 455 456 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/wiki/" class="link-tile"> 457 <div class="tile-content"> 458 <h3>Wikipedia Search</h3> 459 <p>Perform regex lookups on Wikipedia titles</p> 460 </div> 461 </a> 462 463 </div> 464 </div> 465 466 467 <!-- Category: Uploading/Submitting --> 468 <div class="category"> 469 <div class="category-header">Uploading/Submitting</div> 470 <div class="link-grid"> 471 472 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.github.io/html5-crossword-solver/share.html" class="link-tile"> 473 <div class="tile-content"> 474 <h3>Crossword Sharing</h3> 475 <p>Share your crosswords far and wide</p> 476 </div> 477 </a> 478 479 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/export-clues-and-entries/" class="link-tile"> 480 <div class="tile-content"> 481 <h3>Export Clues</h3> 482 <p>Export clues and entries from a puzzle file into a CSV</p> 483 </div> 484 </a> 485 486 <a href="https://crosswordnexus.com/apps/submission_check/" class="link-tile"> 487 <div class="tile-content"> 488 <h3>Submission Checker</h3> 489 <p>Check your puzzle before submitting it somewhere</p> 490 </div> 491 </a> 492 493 </div> 494 </div> 495 496 497 <!-- Category: Miscellaneous --> 498 <div class="category"> 499 <div class="category-header">Miscellaneous</div> 500 <div class="link-grid"> 501 502 <a href="https://tinyurl.com/xw-collab" class="link-tile"> 503 <div class="tile-content"> 504 <h3>Collaborative Crossword Sheet</h3> 505 <p>Work with collaborators to make a puzzle</p> 506 </div> 507 </a> 508 509 <a href="https://tinyurl.com/make-ipuz" class="link-tile"> 510 <div class="tile-content"> 511 <h3>iPuz Maker</h3> 512 <p>Make an iPuz where the clues are decoupled from the entries</p> 513 </div> 514 </a> 515 516 <a href="https://wisdomofsalomon.crosswordnexus.com/index.html" class="link-tile"> 517 <div class="tile-content"> 518 <h3>Wisdom of Salomon</h3> 519 <p>Play around with our "Six Degrees" tool for collaborators</p> 520 </div> 521 </a> 522 523 </div> 524 </div> 525 526 527</div> <!-- link-container -->
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