Look Inside Has to Be APPLE Crossing PEAR
Paste APPLE, PEAR, and the rest of the fruit list. The intersecting page should show those words sharing letters. That is the printable criss cross / Kriss Kross page a shopper opens, not a leftover canned grid.
They fill empty numbered cells from Across and Down. Words share letters so APPLE can sit on PEAR. The matching solution prints the letters.
Unsolved page only. Letter cells stay empty on the puzzle image. The matching solution image fills them.
Try the free demo. Demo output is watermarked. Paid files are watermark-free.
A Book Interior, or Friday’s Class Sheet
Look Inside has to be this list’s crossings. Instant Puzzle Books puts the letters in the back, after the last empty page. One list fills this week’s empty pages. A new chapter is a new list.
For a Teachers Pay Teachers pack, choose In Image so Across and Down print on the student page they hold. Regular clues are the usual Friday page. Word Fill or Scramble are options when you want a length-grouped bank or a scramble. A 7-row sheet is a warm-up. The 20-row default is the period sheet.
The files you ship: empty numbered criss-cross pages for the solver, letters filled for the back of the book or the teacher page.
Your List, Your Across and Down
Type it or load a .txt. Write the Across and Down, or let AI Word Assistant fill clues on the list you pasted. Regular clues are the Friday Across and Down. Word Fill banks the list by length when you want a bank. Scramble jumbles the answers when you want the letters out of order. Classic keeps Across and Down in Instant Puzzle Books so Look Inside stays a clean crossing page.
Lock Square Grid when the thumbnail has to sit even on the listing. Turn on Dynamic when the grid should shrink to the words you placed. Set a minimum word count so a thin list cannot ship as a finished page.
Number the first letter small, or badge it full-size, then match the series spine: same font, same line color, same cell fill as the word books already on that listing.
One List Today. Several Lists Tomorrow.
One fruit list is today’s cover. Five lists is the week you stop rerunning Create.
Choose Regular Criss Cross for this week’s one list and one look. Instant Puzzle Books stacks this week’s empty grids, then the filled keys.
Choose Regular Criss Cross Productivity when several lists need one pass. Productivity is Time Saver: several lists in one pass, each with its own count, then several collections in one book.
Instant Puzzle Books keeps the trim you set and writes the title page, contents, and a clickable path from each empty grid to its filled key. Export that book as an interactive PDF book from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio, and those links click. Puzzle Book Studio edits one collection on Regular Criss Cross, or several collections on Productivity.
You can move up to Regular Criss Cross Productivity after you buy.
Try the free demo, then pick Regular Criss Cross or Regular Criss Cross Productivity at the top of this page.
| Regular Criss Cross | Regular Criss Cross Productivity | |
|---|---|---|
| Setups per run | One list, one grid look | Several word-list files, each with its own quantity |
| Instant Puzzle Books | Yes | Yes |
| Puzzle Book Studio | This one collection | Several collections in one book |
| Interactive PDF books | Yes, from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio | Yes, from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| How you run lists | One list, one look | Time Saver: several lists in one batch |
| Licence to sell finished books, worksheets, and packs to your own readers | Yes | Yes |
| Licence to sell or supply generated puzzles to other publishers | Sell to your own readers | That, plus sell or supply generated puzzles to other publishers |
Who This Is For
Publishers listing a Kriss Kross title. The listing opens on this list’s crossings, not last month’s leftover page.
Teachers and tutors. A 7-row warm-up. A 20-row period sheet. In Image puts Across and Down on the page they hold.
Licensing and Commercial Use
Regular Criss Cross lets you sell the finished Kriss Kross books, class sheets, and printable packs you make to your own readers and customers, on KDP, Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers, or your own store. One-time commercial-use license. Watermark-free files.
Regular Criss Cross Productivity includes that, plus you may sell or supply the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers.
The licence covers the finished books, worksheets, and packs you make. If you add your own word lists, they need to be yours, or licensed for the store you sell on.
Product Details
| Product | Puzzle Maker Pro – Regular Criss Cross |
| Editions | Regular Criss Cross; Regular Criss Cross Productivity |
| Platform | Windows desktop |
| Internet required | No for creating puzzles. Optional AI Word Assistant needs a connection |
| Puzzle rule | Words cross at shared letters. Numbered words plus Across and Down clues. Letters stay off the puzzle image and print on the solution |
| Also called | Criss Cross, Kriss Kross, word-fit puzzle books. Same intersecting page |
| Grid size | Rows and columns 5 to 50 (default 20). Optional square lock. Optional Dynamic shrink to the placed words |
| Word count | Minimum words for a valid puzzle (default 5). Optional maximum, or leave the count uncapped |
| Word numbers | Small / top-left, or full-size badges |
| Clue styles | Regular clues, Word Fill (length-grouped bank), Scramble |
| Clue list | Classic (Instant Puzzle Books) or In Image on the puzzle, with Across and Down headings |
| Word list | Typed lines or a .txt file. Clue editor. Optional AI Word Assistant |
| Quantity | 1 to 10000 puzzle files, each with a puzzle image and a matching solution image, from this list and look |
| Output formats | JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG |
| Solution pages | Yes, a solution image generated with every puzzle |
| Puzzle books | Instant Puzzle Books on both editions; Puzzle Book Studio on Regular Criss Cross (this one collection) and on Productivity (several collections); title page, table of contents, solution cross-references; interactive PDF books from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| Time Saver | On Productivity. Several Regular Criss Cross rows in one batch, then several collections in one book |
| Upgrades | You can move up to Regular Criss Cross Productivity after you buy |
| Commercial license | Sell the finished books, worksheets, and packs you make to your own readers and customers. Productivity adds selling or supplying the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers |
| Free demo | Yes |
| Delivery | Immediate, in your member area |
Questions Before You Buy
Is there a free demo?
Yes. Puzzle Maker Pro has a free demo. Demo output is watermarked. Paid files are watermark-free.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. You can move up to Regular Criss Cross Productivity after you buy. Start with Regular Criss Cross if that fits the book or pack you are making today. Productivity is Time Saver: several lists in one batch, then several collections in one book.
How do I create a printable criss cross / Kriss Kross book?
Paste a list, set the grid, and Create. APPLE sits on PEAR. Classic keeps the clue list in Instant Puzzle Books. In Image draws it on the puzzle page they hold. Solvers fill the empty cells from those clues. The solution image prints the letters.
Can I use my own word list?
Yes. Type the list or load a .txt file. Friday’s spelling words, the fruit list, the holiday title: the theme is whatever you paste.
Can I write my own clues?
Yes. Write the Across and Down lines yourself, or let AI Word Assistant add clues to the list you already pasted. Regular clues are the Friday Across and Down. Word Fill banks by length. Scramble jumbles the answers.
What does Productivity add?
Time Saver: several word-list files, each with its own quantity, run in one batch, then several collections in one book. You may also sell or supply the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers.
Is Criss Cross the same as Kriss Kross?
Yes. Shoppers already search Kriss Kross. Call it a criss cross maker or a Kriss Kross maker on the cover. Same intersecting page.
Is this Secret Word Criss Cross?
This page is Regular Criss Cross: an intersecting crossword with Across and Down. Secret Word Criss Cross is a separate product with a hidden strip.
What files do I get?
A puzzle image and a matching solution image per puzzle, as JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, or SVG. One list fills this week’s empty pages. A new chapter is a new list. Instant Puzzle Books places that set in a criss cross puzzle book interior. Puzzle Book Studio opens that one collection when a page needs an edit.
Where do I learn the controls?
The Crossword tutorials include how to create Criss Cross puzzles. Word lists: word lists for Crossword Variations.
Can I sell the finished books and worksheets I create?
Yes. Regular Criss Cross lets you sell the finished books, worksheets, and printables you make to your own readers and customers. Regular Criss Cross Productivity includes that, plus you may sell or supply the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers.
Do I need the internet to create?
No. Creation runs on your Windows PC. The optional AI Word Assistant needs a connection.
Paste a new list when the next title cannot share a page with the last. The fruit listing should open on fruit words. Try the free demo. Then pick Regular Criss Cross or Regular Criss Cross Productivity at the top of this page.
APPLE crossing PEAR from the list you paste. Empty numbered page, matching key in the back. Instant Puzzle Books. Try the free demo, then pick Regular Criss Cross or Regular Criss Cross Productivity at the top of this page.
