T.CROSSWORD PLAY

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FILENAME(S): T.CROSSWORD PLAY

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LOADSTAR 55 S 2	T.CROSSWORD PLAY	PRG	Sailor, Ganheden	3	0	DOWNLOAD FILE

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00000840: 0D                                                |.               |

..^U:BRAIN.   C R O S S W O R D    P L A
 Y E R..          BY BARBARA SCHULAK..  
  NEW YORK TIMES, WATCH OUT!.LOADSTAR NO
W HAS A CROSSWORD PUZZLE.PROGRAM THAT WI
LL CAUSE YOUR.SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DWINDLE T
O NOTHING..OKAY, OKAY, MAYBE I'M EXAGGER
ATING A.LITTLE BUT THIS IS A GOOD PUZZLE
.PLAYER.  THE ONLY OTHER CROSSWORD.PROGR
AM FOR THE C64 THAT I'VE SEEN IS.CROSSWO
RD MAGIC AND, AS MUCH AS I.LIKE CROSSWOR
DS IN GENERAL, I NEVER.ENJOYED ITS FORMA
T AND STYLE...    THIS ONE I LIKE....   
 BARBARA HAS KEPT THE INTERFACE AS.INTUI
TIVE AND LOGICAL AS POSSIBLE..YOU USE TH
E FUNCTION KEYS FOR.EVERYTHING: LOADING,
 SAVEING,.TOGGLING THE CURSOR DIRECTION 
AND.CHECKING YOUR SOLUTION.  YOU CAN EVE
N.GET A HINT ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR.SQUARE
 ON THE PUZZLE.  PRESS F5 AND.ONLY THE L
ETTER UNDER THE CURSOR WILL.BE REVEALED.
..    THERE ARE PROMPTS ON THE SCREEN.FO
R EVERYTHING YOU MAY WANT TO DO SO.YOU N
EVER HAVE TO WONDER WHAT'S NEXT.-- EXCEP
T WHEN SOLVING THE PUZZLE,.WHICH YOU HAV
E TO DO YOURSELF.  ONLY.A CROSSWORD WIMP
 WOULD PRESS F2 TO.SEE THE SOLUTION PREM
ATURELY...    THERE ARE SIX PUZZLES BY B
ARBARA.SCHULAK ON THE DISK.  THEY ARE AL
L.'THEMATIC', SO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE.S
EVERAL WORDS PERTAINING TO THE TITLE.OF 
THE PUZZLE.  IT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE.UP A 
PUZZLE WITH A LOT OF THEME.WORDS, EVEN U
SING THEMESMITH FROM THE.CRUCIVERBALIST,
 SO THESE PUZZLES ARE.EVIDENCE OF THE HA
RD WORK PUT INTO.THEM BY BARBARA.  SOMET
IMES THE.THEMATIC ASPECT OF THE PUZZLE C
AN.HELP YOU SOLVE IT...    IF YOU ARE HA
VING TROUBLE MAKING.YOUR OWN CROSSWORDS 
USING THE.CRUCIVERBALIST, CHECK OUT THES
E.PUZZLES FOR CLUES.  FRAMEWORK IS AN.IN
TERESTING ONE THAT WAS PROBABLY.'EASIER'
 THAN THE OTHERS...    I HOPE YOU ENJOY 
CROSSWORDS ON.YOUR COMPUTER.  THERE IS A
 LOT OF.INERTIA WORKING AGAINST THE.COMP
UTERIZATION OF TRADITIONAL PENCIL.AND PA
PER PASTIMES, BUT I THINK.PROGRAMS LIKE 
THE CRUCIVERBALIST AND.CROSSWORD PLAYER 
ARE GAINING.MOMENTUM...DISK FILES THIS P
ROGRAM USES..CROSSWORD PLAYER   CROSS FO
NT.XPLAYER            COMMODORE.MYSTERY 
           OLYMPIC.FRAMEWORK          SP
ICE.FOR THE BIRDS      T.CROSSWORD PLAYE
R..        **** END OF TEXT ****.

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