CROSSWORD FANS HAVE A SEARCH ENGINE!

     You’ll also find a link to CRICKLER, which says it has re-invented the crossword for the computer age.

http://www.crickler.com/

NATIONAL PUZZLERS’ LEAGUE

     The NATIONAL PUZZLERS’ LEAGUE main page says, “Whatever wordplay delights you . . . palindromes, cryptograms, crossword-type puzzles, cryptic crosswords, anagrams, poetry writing, discovering the word SCHOOLED has the letters in the words SHOE and COLD perfectly interlaced . . . you'll probably find it in our monthly publication, The ENIGMA.” Learn more by clicking on the home page of

http://puzzlers.org/

     And then take a look at the ONE ACROSS crossword puzzle search engine that actually analyzes crossword puzzle clues!

http://www.oneacross.com/

SUDOKU SOLVING TIP

     Frank Ross, a friend who loves to do the daily crossword puzzle, mentioned that he now does the latest thing in puzzles: sudokus. I’ve heard that they’re tremendously frustrating, but Frank said he’d found a tutorial on sudokus that made them much easier. He was kind enough to give the online address of the tutorial to the rest of us. It’s at:

http://puzzles.about.com/library/sudoku/blsudoku_tutorial01.htm

     You’ll note that the ABOUT people have many puzzles listed in the left-hand steering column. And you can find many more sudokus, ranging from easy to “impossible,” at:

http://www.number-logic.com/

JIGSAW SUDOKU AND INTERNATIONAL SUDOKU

     Here’s a different-looking Sudoku puzzle site:

http://jigsawdoku.com/

     And PLAY SUDOKU DE lets you join an international Sudoku competition. English is not the first language of the creators of this site – what does the “de” suffix stand for? Denmark? Deutschland?

http://www.play-sudoku.de/index.php?en_index