Making a Canadian Puzzle

So you want to make a crossword! 

Here's a guide the Centre has put together:
  1. What You Need
  2. What's In a Crossword
  3. Placing the Black Squares
  4. All the Other Words
  5. Writing the Clues

Links


A note

By their prescriptive nature, these Canadian Wordlists will never be complete or perfect reflections of our language as it is actually used. But our choice of words is important - calling this initiative the Centre for Canadian Crosswords, spelled that way, is no coincidence - and this is an attempt to help build that experience. 
To make it the best attempt it can be, please do not hesitate to flag any missing or incorrect words to us, using the form to the right of the page.