It's time to reverse your crossword skills. Rather than answering crossword clues as you generally would, use your knowledge of words combined with a bit of research to create clues from a completed crossword puzzle.
I must say that after creating my own crossword, I have a new-found admiration for the people who fit words together within a grid and make it look good. Writing the clues is the easy part. Turning a blank grid into interlocking words and blank spaces is tough!
writing exercise: Create clues for the crossword puzzle below. I have provided you with a key to the numbers down and across that you can copy and paste into your response.
Crossword Clues
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writercizer response:Crossword Clues
Across
1. Winnie the Pooh's favorite meal
3. opposite of front
6. term associated with film or pinot
8. tire markings
9. can be word long or short
12. city of angels
13. tea, in Spanish
14. dinosaur bones were found in this type of pit in La Brea
15. wart-covered amphibian
17. Spielberg blockbuster
18. ___, Re, Mi
20. to draw in
22. TV's talking horse, Mr. ___
23. medical drama on NBC from 1994 - 2009
24. IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines
25. red meat
Down
1. always tells the truth, as in Abe
2. auditory organ
4. peak
5. to joke around
7. Vanilla ___, early 90's entertainer
8. better than a trick
10. one of 26 in the English alphabet
11. to anger
12. a step one might have three rungs
16. "It ain't ____ until the fat lady sings."
19. owed homonym
21. advanced placement abbrev.
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