ATTACHING CLUES TO A PUZZLE

  • If you have been using a dictionary having clues associated with the words to build your puzzle, then most of the words will already be provided with clues.

  • Selecting a word in the puzzle (by using the arrow keys or by clicking with the mouse) and clicking the Add Clue button, will display the clue, if one exists.

  • If no clue exists for the word, then you can use the Clue edit box to type in a suitable clue.

  • Three buttons are provided to assist people who like to compose cryptic clues or similar for use in their puzzles:-
    • Container Words A list of all of the single words which contain all of the letters of the subject word will be displayed.

    • Contained Words A list of all of the single words which can be made from the letters contained within the subject word will be displayed.

    • Anagrams This button will display a list of all possible Anagrams of the word. These may be single words or they may be lists of two, three or even more words, depending on the length of the subject Word.

  • The behaviour of the Anagram and Contained Words functions can be modified by selecting a number from the Shortest Word combo box. The length of the words which appear in the list for these two functions will be limited to the value that you specify here.

  • When you click the OK button, the contents of the Clue edit box will be attached to the puzzle, but if you click the Cancel button, any changes you may have made to the clue will be abandoned.