Crossword Generator.

This script creates funky crosswords with a random shape and random clues.

Example output:

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Accross

• 4 - Large flightless australian bird. (3)
• 6 - A straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth. B track of a moving point (4)

Down

• 3 - Millilitre (2)
• 1 - Benign tumour on the skin, esp. On the scalp. (3)
• 5 - Myalgic encephalomyelitis, a condition with prolonged flu-like symptoms and depression. (2)
• 2 - Plutonium. (2)

Answer:

# # W # P
M # E M U
L I N E #

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Accross

• 1 - Secure as a result of a fight, contest, bet, effort, etc (3)
• 4 - Us colloq. Bill (3)

Down

• 1 - This bleached and purified, used for candles, modelling, etc (3)
• 2 - National trust (2)
• 3 - Knight commander of the order of the british empire (3)

Answer

W I N # K
A # T A B
X # # # E	

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Accross

• 1 - Bide one's time wait for a good opportunity (4)
• 4 - = or else 1 (2)
• 5 - Undergarment worn by women to support the breasts (3)
• 8 - Singer with a bass voice (5)
• 10 - Foot, feet (2)

Down

• 2 - Be unconnected with. Be to do with be concerned or connected with. Do away with colloq (2)
• 3 - Disease of rye etc. Caused by a fungus (5)
• 5 - Double-black (2)
• 6 - Unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation (3)
• 7 - Arsenic (2)
• 9 - Sforzando (2)

Answer:

# B I D E
# # # O R
B R A █ G
B A S S O
# D # F T

Create your own crossword

To generate a crossword for your very own, just run crossword.rb