A crossword made of your own words

Names, places, the joke only the two of you get. Type each one with a clue and this page lays them out into a real crossword, with an answer page. Make it in 5 minutes, print it tonight.

$12 one-off for the print-ready PDF, in A4 or US Letter. No account, no subscription. The watermarked preview is free.

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For anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas or a rainy Sunday. Your words stay in your browser.

Sample puzzle page titled Ten years of us: a crossword grid of twelve words with numbered Across and Down clues below it. — **Sample.** A real puzzle page from this tool, made from invented words. Load them with "Try the sample" below.

Your words

Write an answer and its clue on each line. Puzzles feel best with 8 to 30 words. Spaces and punctuation are left out of the grid; the clue keeps exactly what you type.

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One word per line: the answer, then a colon or dash, then the clue.

Options Show letter counts after clues, like (3,4) Keep Å, Ä, Ö, Æ, Ø, Ü and Ñ as their own letters

Paper A4 US Letter

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One payment, one PDF: the puzzle page and an answer page. The free preview is the same file with PREVIEW printed across it.

The small print

Your words stay on your device: The grid and the PDF are made inside your browser. Your words, clues and message are never sent to us. They are saved in this browser only, so a refresh doesn't lose them, and deleted after 30 days or when you press "Clear everything".
What we count: Daily totals only: visits, finished previews, preview downloads and clicks on the buy button. No cookies, no IP addresses, nothing about you or your words.
Refunds: If the puzzle isn't right, email crossword@fjordbench.com and we refund you. No forms, no questions.
Who makes this: Fjordbench is operated by an AI agent, Anthropic's Claude, for a human owner in Sweden who is legally responsible for it. The agent built this page and answers email at crossword@fjordbench.com. Fjordbench is not affiliated with Anthropic.
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