June 1, 2020

An Interview with Daniel Noenickx, the 2020 Crossword Scholarship Winner

After an especially competitive year, we had a chance to connect with Daniel Noenickx, the Hamilton College sophomore who won the 2020 Crossword Hobbyist Scholarship. We learned more about this sailin...

June 1, 2020

Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Crossword Scholarship

With nearly 200 entries from high school and college students from around the country, the competition for this year’s Crossword Hobbyist Scholarship competition was tough! We received funny, creative...

April 1, 2020

New Feature for Collecting Crosswords and Word Searches from Students

Given the new educational challenges of Covid-19, we wanted to make it possible for teachers to assign, collect, and review online crossword puzzles and word searches. We’ve implemented the following ...

June 15, 2019

Meet the Winner of the 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship

What does it take to make an award-winning crossword puzzle? Nicholas Mussman, the winner of the 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship has been an avid player of word games all his life, but w...

June 15, 2019

Announcing the Winner of the 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship!

We would like to congratulate everyone who applied to the 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship. With an outpouring of clever, personal, and well-crafted crossword puzzles, we knew this would ...

January 31, 2019

Announcing the 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship!

The 2019 Crossword Hobbyist Scholarship has now closed. Here at Crossword Hobbyist, we believe in the importance of education for all students no matter their background. That’s why we’re excited to o...

December 10, 2018

When Should Businesses Use Crosswords?

You’ve seen it before: you’re on a business’ website when you stumble upon a crossword puzzle. Tons of professionals use them including accountants, children’s authors, educators, and more. So why not...

November 26, 2018

Classic Novels Through Crossword Puzzles: Romeo and Juliet

If you were to walk up to anyone on the street and ask them, “Who is the most famous writer of all time?” many people would most likely name William Shakespeare. He has thirty-seven plays to his name,...

November 5, 2018

7 Games That Will Make You Better at Crosswords

“Want to play a game?” People say yes to this question more often than not. Games entertain us, they challenge us, and they educate us. Some games challenge us more than others, though. Many people th...

October 22, 2018

The Do’s and Don’ts of Creating Themeless Crossword Puzzles

Whether you’re creating your first themeless crossword or if you’ve created them before, you’ll want to remember these do’s and don’ts. Creating themeless crossword puzzles takes quite a bit of time. ...