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Create a uniquely solvable crossword … without clues
Can you imagine solving the New York Times crossword puzzle without any clues? Maybe not with all of the creativity and new words and phrases appearing in modern crosswords, but with a fixed word ...
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Crafting Canonically Cöcher Crosswords
The Setup
Most of us are familiar with crossword numbering, which follows three basic rules:
in a character grid consisting of blacks and whites (see below), any maximal contiguous horizontal or ...
