Hey folks! Here's a walkthrough of my process for constructing crosswords in Crosserville, a free online tool with a ton of useful features. Let me know if you have any useful advice/tips I neglected to mention, and best of luck if you give it a shot yourself :)
00:00 Word list setup
01:30 Choosing a theme
04:22 Grid search
05:54 Include list slot filters for theme clues
08:58 Global auto fill
10:42 Restore points
11:27 Locked slots/squares
12:10 Grid scores & global filters
13:00 Grayed-out words
13:52 Word-length global filters
14:30 Yellow slots
15:17 Modifying word scores
16:57 Grid scores
18:00 Min score slot filters
19:50 Highlight low scoring words
21:25 Auto fill (in an isolated corner)
22:10 Exclude from fill, grid, dict
24:47 Regex search
25:49 Letter frequency charts
27:35 Linking theme clues
29:36 Clue lookup
31:01 Export .puz file
31:41 Special squares (rebus, circle, shaded)
32:34 Puzzle metadata
