Upload formats
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.

.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.
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, andCreme 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 theMedia
column,A city near Delhi
is the hint,The Taj Mahal is in Agra
is the explanation, andPhotographer Credit
is the credits.