That’s why it really … sings. That’s Mr. Tausig’s and Mr. Vigeland’s challenge. Print the crossword and optionally the answer key on page two. If you’re on a Mac like me, I highly recommend CrossFire, which has a nice grid-filling environment and, at $50, it won’t break your budget. VIGELAND: Good point.

STEINBERG: There are a few ways to make a crossword puzzle, including the good, old-fashioned graph-paper-and-pencil method, but there are several excellent software programs that … He writes crossword puzzles for The New York Times and The New Yorker, and is the author of Word, a book of crosswords geared for a younger generation. VIGELAND: I like this idea in principle, but it could run dry. Jumping back to our toys, maybe we could make a theme around “puzzles,” since we are, after all, teaching people how to make a crossword puzzle.

It’s all about letting your mind wander to the right places. Maintaining rotational symmetry can be a pain, but fortunately, CrossFire takes care of that for you. Follow him on Twitter at @fvigeland. Moreover, it allows us to do what I was talking about before — to clue it in a way where both CALL and NUMBER change their sense. It would be even funnier if it did, but there’s no sense of “tenure” outside of the professorial one that is common enough for us to use. VIGELAND: Let’s go to two wonderful resources now, OneLook.com and XWordInfo.com/Finder, in order to look up other phrases that end with the word NUMBER. The Composer in Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos” in 2011. He also put the letter count in parentheses.

I’m feeling better already. Sadly, I suggest that we move on. STEINBERG: With that covered, let’s start placing the nontheme entry blocks!

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Press “Make My Crossword Puzzle!” to generate a crossword puzzle using as many of the clues as possible. That usually means placing the first themer in the third row. In any case, we now have a draft set: PUZZLE PIECE (11) TENURE TRACK (11)CALL NUMBER (10)MACBOOK AIR (10). A 14-letter theme entry is not ideal in a 15 by 15 grid (the black square that would accompany it in the 15-letter-wide row limits where the entry can be placed in the grid), and while BACON NUMBER is quite funny, the base phrase’s meaning (how many degrees of separation you are from the actor Kevin Bacon) might not be familiar to all solvers, so let’s try CALL NUMBER. There’s a case to be made that manual construction helps you learn the contours of the English language better than software does, but maybe the biggest boon is how much faster the software is.

VIGELAND: Dad jokes are so second nature to me, I don’t notice them. David Steinberg edits the daily, nationally syndicated Puzzle Society Crossword. That is Mr. Steinberg’s and Mr. Last’s challenge. We might, for example, clue this as “Song for when you match someone’s poker bet?” That makes sense, and yet it’s utterly distant from a CALL NUMBER in a library. Note that Finn put the name of the theme-answer-to-be, TRIXIE MATTEL, in all-caps, which is a common convention. For example, the clue “Song for a crossword solver?” for PUZZLE PIECE reworks the original meaning of the phrase to funny effect. VIGELAND: Any thoughts on some good AIR-ending phrases?

All it takes is a few guiding principles and lots of practice. After all, some letter patterns won’t be possible, and sometimes a corner that looks like it should fill will not.

What are some puzzle phrases? The biggest downside to Crossword Compiler is its price — if you want the full Professional Bundle, it will set you back $169.

TAUSIG: TRIXIE MATTEL is a great spark, but I can already see a limitation.

If the theme includes a particular kind of pun, for example, then all the puns should be of that kind.

When you open CrossFire, the first thing you’ll see is the “New crossword” box. One wonkish aside — if you look at, say, the average Friday or Sunday grid structure, you can see that upward stair steps (also known as black squares set on a diagonal) are more common than not.

Among others, I got PRIME NUMBER, FAX NUMBER and WRONG NUMBER. DAVID STEINBERG: I’d say grid design is the hardest part of the construction process to get the hang of, but we believe in all the aspiring constructors out there! TAUSIG: Well, I like to brainstorm based on nothing more complex than the stuff that’s happening in my life.



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