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The Computer Journal 1981 24(2):107-111; doi:10.1093/comjnl/24.2.107
© 1981 by British Computer Society
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A prototype crossword compiler

P. D. Smith * and S. Y. Steen *

Department of Computer Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

This paper describes a system which compiles partial crossword puzzles, it produces diagrams containing interlocking words selected from a dictionary. The input to the compiler is a diagram of blank and blocked squares and an attempt is made to fill this using whole word insertion. The use of bit lists and heuristic tree searching enables non-trivial puzzles to be produced in reasonable time.

Received June 1980.

* Department of Computer Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XH, UK


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