community and mentoring

crosscord discord server

crossword puzzle collaboration directory

databases

Erica Hsiung Wojcik’s expanded crossword names database

Matt Ginsberg’s clue database

Saul Pwanson’s capsule

Cruciverb database ($)

wordlists

Crossword Nexus’s collaborative wordlist

Peter Broda’s wordlist

XWordInfo wordlist ($)

seed lists

Ada Nicolle’s seed list

Brian Thomas’s seed list

Lyle Broughton’s seed list

Ricky Cruz’s seed list

The Juggernaut wordlist

tools

Adam Aaronson’s Wordlisted

Crossword Nexus many tools

Nam Jin Yoon’s rendering tools

Parker Higgins’s puz file downloader

constructing software

CrossFire ($)

Crossword Compiler ($)

Ingrid

Crosserville

Crosshare

constructing tips

Daily Crossword Links’ construction resources page

Lloyd Morgan’s constructing page

Matthew Stock’s list of Constructor Resources

Patrick Berry’s Crossword Constructor’s Handbook ($)

Sid Sivakumar creates a crossword puzzle on youtube

The New York Times’ constructor resource guide (2021)

The New York Times’ how to make a crossword puzzle series (2018)

Transitivity in crossword clues

Will Nediger’s themeless construction deep dive

submitting puzzles for publication

Matthew Stock’s compilation of publication specs

puzzle sources

Matt Gritzmacher’s daily newsletter and puzzle sources spreadsheet

olio.squares.io for (some) aggregated indie puzzles