I wrote a 15*15, NYT-style crossword puzzle for Strange Loop. On the NYT difficulty scale, it's roughly a Wednesday-level puzzle. However, it was written for Strange Loop and thus does presume familiarity with functional programming and math, and has a few "inside jokes." You can find the puzzle and the solution on the Strange Loop wiki....

DotNetSlackers just published a crossword puzzle I created; you'll see the grid below. The puzzle is focused on .NET and programming themes, including a Delphi reference here and there. The site editors wanted an article to go with the puzzle, so I wrote an article explaining how I created the puzzle. The article is full of spoilers, so if you'd like to try and solve the puzzle yourself scroll down to the bottom of the article to find the grid and clues before reading the article at the top....

DotNetSlackers just published a crossword puzzle I created; you'll see the grid below. The puzzle is focused on .NET and programming themes, including a Delphi reference here and there. The site editors wanted an article to go with the puzzle, so I wrote an article explaining how I created the puzzle. The article is full of spoilers, so if you'd like to try and solve the puzzle yourself scroll down to the bottom of the article to find the grid and clues before reading the article at the top....

The solution to Crossword No. 1 is below the break....

Remember, Googling the clues is cheating. :) Unfortunately, I have to post this as an image since WordPress's editor screws with my CSS. I'll post the solution on Monday. Across 1. Article 4. Someone who works with you, but not for you 8. Memory 9. Camera part 10. AOL service 11. Fishy comment? 12. Division 14. Character encoding 18. Java component 21. Toss 22. "I'm ___!" 23. Apple's address on Infinite Loop 24. Irish high king 25. It's illegal at the polls Do...