Upload formats

Objective

Learn the different ways you can upload crossword puzzle files.

PuzzleMe™ supports uploading crossword puzzle files in .jpz, .xml, .puz, or .csv formats. Sample files in these formats are available on the PuzzleMe upload page for your reference.

Uploading a crossword puzzle file

.jpz .xml, .puz files

These are standard formats that are exported by popular puzzle creation tools such as CrossFire (for macOS) and Crossword Compiler (for Windows).

.xml and .jpz are versatile formats which apply to crosswords as well as other grid-based games. If you have a choice, we recommend you choose .jpz or .xml because they support advanced options like Rebus cells, words in directions other than Across and Down and international character sets better than .puz files do.

Sample files in these formats are available on the PuzzleMe crossword upload page for your reference.

.csv files

You can create crossword puzzles from content that you have in .csv (Comma Separated Values) files.

Your file should be structured with columns that correspond to the fields available in the List entries crossword creation method. The PuzzleMe platform will figure out the best possible grid placement for each word in the Entry column.

For detailed information about available fields, see the List entries section in the crossword creation guide.

note

The order of the columns does not matter. You can have Clue before Entry, and so on. Also please note that the column headers are case-sensitive.

Example .csv file:

Entry,Clue,Media,Hint,Explanation,Credits
Oreo,Creme filled cookie,
Agra,Home to the Taj Mahal,https://example.com/Taj.png,A city near Delhi,The Taj Mahal is in Agra,Photographer Credit

In this example:

• Oreo is the entry, and Creme filled cookie is its clue. There is no media, hint, explanation, or credits specified for this entry.
• Agra is the entry, Home to the Taj Mahal is its clue, https://example.com/Taj.png is provided in the Media column, A city near Delhi is the hint, The Taj Mahal is in Agra is the explanation, and Photographer Credit is the credits.