Acrostic Puzzles

Acrostic Puzzle Maker
Version 2.0 of Bill Morgan's free acrostic constuction program is now available. (Thank you, Bill, for doing this.) Judging from the screen shots and specs, this looks like a very worthwhile addition to the puzzle maker's toolbox. Take it for a testdrive today!

E-Crostic Software
A free program for acrostic solvers. Comes with 11 sample puzzles and more puzzles are available onsite. Windows only. Acrostic maker is also available.

Lyric Acrostics
These acrostic puzzles, involving song lyrics, are presented in PDF format and must be printed. (Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view these files.)

Sue Gleason's Double Crostics
Interactive acrostic puzzles. Offers a daily acrostic puzzle contest and software for solving and creating puzzles. Past puzzles are archived with hints and solutions.

Cross Quote Puzzles
Here's a free acrostic puzzle program. All you gotta do is subscribe to get the puzzles. But will people be willing to pay-now-play-later? Check it out and let me know what you think.

Acrostic Puzzle Variety
From the publishers of a bimonthly acrostic newsletter. They offer a sample puzzle in hopes of new subscriptions.

Diabolical Acrostic Puzzles
Arthur Bloch, author of 'Murphy's Law', and 'Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong', presents a selection of his delightfully, devious acrostics. Read the instructions carefully.

Edward McArdle's Acrostic Puzzle
Try your hand at solving this crostic courtesy of a puzzle fan from 'down-under'.

HeadLines Acrostic of the Week
Larry Katzman, a.k.a. Kaz (the cartoonist) provides an entertaining weekly acrostic puzzle. Print only.

HeadLines Acrostics
Samples of Larry Katzman's acrostic type puzzles. Themed to a headline in a given year. Print only.

Quiz-Acrostic Puzzle
From Sheila Haak, a free printable acrostic puzzle with an invitation to buy more. Be prepared for slow page loading (300K). Print only.