Hindu Crosswords in AcrossLite Format

Copy The Hindu Crossword from www.hindu.com
Open a text file in any good text editor

1. Paste the AcrossLite header as below

<ACROSS PUZZLE>
<TITLE>
Hindu Crossword
<AUTHOR>
The Hindu
<COPYRIGHT>
The Hindu © 2004
<SIZE>
15x15
<GRID>

2. Draw the grid with dots and Xs. Dots are for the Black boxes and Xs for White boxes

.XXXXXXX.XXXXXX
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
XXXXX.XXXXXXXXX
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
XXXXXXXXX.XXXXX
X...X.X.X.X.X.X
XXXX...XXXXXXX.
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
.XXXXXXX...XXXX
X.X.X.X.X.X...X
XXXXX.XXXXXXXXX
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
XXXXXXXXX.XXXXX
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
XXXXXX.XXXXXXX.

CAUTION: Do not leave any blank lines between tags and text

3. Copy Hindu Crossword Clues

4. Remove all the blank lines

5. Remove clue-numberings

6. Paste clues for Across under the tag

<ACROSS>

CAUTION: The tags are case-sensitive

7. Paste clues for Down under

<DOWN>

8. Put the trailer tag

<NOTEPAD>

This tag is optional

9. Save the file with .puz extension and open using AcrossLite

10. Press Ctrl+S to convert the text file to AcrossLite Binary Format.