Introduction
Now there’s a fun way to make crossword
puzzles less puzzling. With your Crosswords puzzle solver you can . . .
• find possible crossword answers when
you know only a few letters,
• find more possible answers by
changing letters,
• find phrases by typing a key word,
• find possible answers by topic, and
• play the Quiz game to practice your
puzzle solving skills.
Crosswords can’t solve all your crossword
puzzles, but by combining your knowledge
with its 130,000 word crossword answer list
from Chambers
swers than you find now.
This User’s Guide shows you how. You can
follow its numbered steps using the examples shown or by using words that interest you.
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Key Guide
Function Keys
BACK
CLEAR
ENTER
MORE
ON/OFF
PHRASE
QUIZ
TOPICS
Goes back a step or space.
Clears to
Ready
.
Enters a word or scrolls text left.
HELP
Shows help information.
Finds more word choices.
Turns Crosswords on or off.
Searches for phrases including key word.
Starts the Quiz game.
Shows the Topics Menu.
?
Types a
?
to stand for a letter.
Types a dash.
Direction Keys
Erases a letter or moves left.
Types a space or moves right.
Scrolls up a list or darkens contrast at
Scrolls down a list or lightens contrast at
Ready
.
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Ready
.
Getting Started
Follow these steps the first time you use this
product.
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears. To stop
the demonstration, press CLEAR.
2. Press
the screen contrast.
NOTE: You can adjust the screen
contrast only at
✓ Disabling the Demonstration
You probably don’t want to view the
demonstration each time you turn
Crosswords on. To disable the demo, type
--D
✓ Resuming Where You Left Off
To save battery life, Crosswords will automatically shut off within two minutes.
When you turn it on again, you return to
the last screen that you viewed.
or repeatedly to adjust
Ready
.
at
Ready
and then press ENTER.
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Finding Words
Crosswords helps you find answers to
crossword puzzles by finding missing letters.
?
Type a
let Crosswords find every possible match in
its word list.
1. Type a word with ?’s (e.g.,
2. Press ENTER to search.
3. Press
4. Press CLEAR when finished.
in place of each unknown letter and
?ALL??Y
To erase a letter, press BACK or .
To type a space, press
type capitals only.
The matches appear.
to scroll down the list.
A ? can stand for a space as well as a
letter, as shown here.
. You can
).
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