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by Franklin Electronic Publishers
NCC-100
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crosswords
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User’s Guide
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Introduction
Now there’s a fun way to make crossword puzzles
less puzzling. With this Crosswords Puzzle Solver
you can . . .
• find possible crossword answers when
you know only a few letters,
• find possible crossword answers when
you know most of the letters,
• find phrases when you know only one
word or a few letters,
• find more possible answers by
changing one or more letters,
• jumble letters to form words for games
such as Scrabble
The Crosswords Puzzle Solver can’t solve all your
crossword puzzles, but by combining your
knowledge with its 250,000 word crossword
answer list from Merriam-Webster
many more answers than you find now.
®
.
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, you will find
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Key Guide
MORE
JUMBLE
PHRS
LETTER?
MATCH
OFF
ON
CLEAR
Finds more possible answers.
Jumbles letters to form words.
Finds phrases that include entered word.
Stands for an unknown letter.
Stands for a series of unknown letters.
Turns Crosswords on and off.
Clears to
Stands for an unknown letter.
Stands for a series of unknown letters.
Enters a request.
Types a hyphen.
Darkens screen contrast at
scrolls up, or types an apostrophe.
Lightens screen contrast at
scrolls down, or types a period.
Erases a letter or scrolls left.
Types a space or scrolls right.
Ready
.
Ready
,
Ready
,
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Getting Started
If you are using this product for the first time,
follow these steps.
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears.
2. Press CLEAR to stop the demo.
Ready
appears.
3. Press
the screen contrast.
You can adjust the contrast only at
✓ Disabling the Demonstration
You probably do not want to view the
demonstration every time you turn this
product on. To disable the demonstration,
type
enable it, do the same.
✓ About Automatic Shutoff
Don’t worry if you forget to turn Crosswords off. If no key is touched within two
minutes, Crosswords will shut itself off.
or repeatedly to adjust
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and then press ENTER. To re-
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Ready
.
Finding Words
Crosswords helps you find answers to crossword
puzzles by filling in missing letters. Just type a
question mark for each unknown letter. To type a
LETTER?
question mark, press
1. Type a word with ?’s.
To erase a letter, press .
2. Press ENTER.
The arrow at the right of the screen
indicates there are more matches.
3. Press
4. Press CLEAR when done.
to view more matches.
✓ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to view more words.
or .
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