TWINE Locks RENT. Filling Those Boxes Is Not Reading WINTER.
Look Inside is two words sharing a letter and a blank line under the grid. Filling the crossword is the first job. The secret is the second.
TWINE Across, RENT Down, one shared T. The shopper who fills those boxes still has WINTER to write on the line. Words that only graze the secret never reach that sample.
Why a Shopper Stays Past Page One
A winter crossword that only fills boxes looks like every other sample in the category. The blank line under this grid is the second job, and that is what Look Inside can open on.
Set rows and columns from 5 to 50 so the clue type and the boxes stay readable on the same JPG. Usual start is 20.
Tag #secret: WINTER when this book needs the strip, or leave the tag off. Page one is the blank line, or numbered letters that show the path. Pick the print for that book.
What You Can Create
- A Look Inside spread that is two words locking and a blank line under the grid.
- A winter title whose covering list keeps TWINE and RENT and leaves off words that only graze the secret.
- A Fun Friday page that still uses this week’s words: same export, not a random game.
- A crossword-only book: turn the secret off so the page is Across and Down, no strip.
You get two images: the crossword the shopper solves, and the filled grid you keep after the last crossword.
Paste the Covering List. Set the Grid.
Open the covering list. Keep TWINE and RENT. Leave off a word that only shares I with WINTER. Tag #secret: WINTER when this book needs a secret, or leave the tag off.
Set rows and columns from 5 to 50. Usual start is 20. Pick the size so the clues and the boxes stay readable on one JPG. Keep the empty line on page one, or number the letters when this export should show the path in the grid instead.
The AI Word Assistant can draft a covering list. Clues stay on Across and Down.
If the next book in the series needs a different secret, tag that list separately. Last year’s WINTER list, uploaded again, is last year’s book. New title needs a new secret and a new covering list.
From One Spread to a Book You Can List
Instant Puzzle Books keeps your trim and writes the title page, contents, and a footer from each crossword to its filled grid. Export that book as an interactive PDF book and those links click.
Puzzle Book Studio opens this one collection when a crossword page needs an edit. Instant Puzzle Books and Puzzle Book Studio both produce interactive PDF books. Put the filled-grid file after the last crossword in the interior.
Who This Is For
Publishers listing a crossword title. The listing is two words locking and a blank line under the grid. That is the crossword Look Inside that is not another filled-box sample.
Teachers and tutors. A Fun Friday page that is still this week’s words. Student crossword in front. Teacher key in the back.
Publishers already in Puzzle Maker Pro. If your crossword Look Inside is only filled boxes, this is the spread with the blank line under the grid.
Try It Before You Buy
Run two words locking on your machine in the free demo. Demo output is watermarked, one puzzle at a time. Paid files are watermark-free.
What Ships With Secret Word Criss Cross
Secret Word Criss Cross is this listing: words lock Across and Down, an optional secret strip, Instant Puzzle Books, and Puzzle Book Studio. Interactive PDF books come from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio.
Licensing and Commercial Use
Secret Word Criss Cross lets you sell the finished books, worksheets, 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.
The licence covers the finished books, worksheets, and packs you make for your own readers. 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 – Secret Word Criss Cross |
| Platform | Windows desktop |
| Internet required | No for generating; yes for the optional AI Word Assistant |
| Rule | Words lock Across and Down. The optional secret sits on a blank line under the grid. With a secret tagged, numbered letters in the crossword copy onto the strip. Letter Hints is the other print: numbers in the grid, and no strip |
| Grid size | Rows and columns from 5 to 50. Usual start 20 |
| Covering list | Each covering word must share letters with the secret when a secret is on the list. Usual start is 2 shared letters |
| Quantity | 1 through 10,000 puzzles |
| Output per run | One puzzle image and one matching solution image |
| Output formats | JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG |
| Solution pages | Yes, the filled grid, and the secret strip filled when you tagged one |
| Puzzle books | Instant Puzzle Books; Puzzle Book Studio (this one collection); title page, table of contents, solution cross-references; interactive PDF books from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| Upgrades | You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products later |
| Commercial license | Sell the finished books, worksheets, and packs you make to your own readers and customers |
| 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, one puzzle at a time.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products after you buy. This page is Secret Word Criss Cross.
Is the secret required on every page?
No. Tag a secret when this book needs a named strip. Turn the secret off when the page is only the crossword. The tag names the secret; it does not turn the strip off.
If I finish TWINE and RENT, have I solved WINTER?
No. Filling the crossword is the first job. WINTER sits on the blank line when you tagged it.
Is this Secret Word Column, Secret Word Grid, or Regular Criss Cross?
Those are separate products. This page is Secret Word Criss Cross: words lock Across and Down, and the optional secret sits under the grid.
Where does the filled grid go in the file I upload?
This export writes it as the second image. Puzzle Book Studio (one collection) parks that file after the last crossword when you stack the interior.
How big can the grid be?
Rows and columns from 5 to 50. Usual start is 20. Keep the clues and the boxes readable on the same JPG so the paperback does not snap shut.
Can I sell the finished books and worksheets I create?
Yes. Secret Word Criss Cross lets you sell the finished books, worksheets and printables you make to your own readers and customers.
Do I need the internet to generate?
No. Generation runs offline on Windows. The optional AI Word Assistant needs a connection.
New Secret, New Covering List, New Look Inside
Export the crossword pages, park the filled grid after the last one, and list the interior. Next title: a new secret, a new covering list.
Walk through the product how-to if the grid size or the optional tag still needs a longer setup.
Try the free demo, then pick Secret Word Criss Cross at the top of this page.
Page one is two words sharing a T and a blank line under the grid. Filling the crossword is not reading the secret. Instant Puzzle Books. Try the free demo.
