Crossword Help - Crosswords Answers & Clues

Need some crossword help, then keep reading. Crossword help, crossword clues or answers can sometimes be hard to find and we know where to find them. Keep reading below for some free crossword help, answers and clues. Quick... What's a seven-letter word for befuddle? (flummox, bedevil, confuse, stupefy, astound.) Now, how about a nine-letter word for rescuer? (lifesaver, recoverer, deliverer, St. Bernard). Another word for rescuer might be 'One Across' if you are working a crossword . This new website, located at <

oneacross.com/">http://www.oneacross.com>, offers suggestions for crossword clues , like those found in newspapers, magazines, or online -- from the simplest to the most complex .

One Across is the first true crossword help site on the web. Its vast database is comprised of information gleaned from dictionaries, thesauri, and newswire articles, in addition to an extensive collection of previously published crossword clues.

Unlike "900" numbers run by newspapers to provide clues to their own puzzles (for a fee), One Across is free. Also, the system works on any puzzle, offering suggestions, rather than just reporting the answer for the puzzle of the day.

One cross’s Michael Littman notes that "'Crossword finishers' are fairly common. These are programs that list all the words that match a given pattern (give them '?n?ry' and you get back 'entry', 'angry', 'unary', etc.). One Across does this, too, but it can also give answers using only the clue and the length of the answer ('Door: ?????' returns: 'entry')."

While One Across will be useful for casual or novice puzzlers stuck on a seemingly simple word, Littman says, "One Across is also very helpful for solving clues with complicated patterns, highly ambiguous clues, highly specific ones, and tough, but common clues." This last category is the source of clues for the 'Crossword Purity Test' <http://www.oneacross.com/crosswords/purity.html>: you can tell "real cruciverbalists" by how well they recognise common crossword clues.

One Across is a spin off of an earlier research effort at Duke University to solve complete crossword puzzles i