Create a simple textfile containing only a filled out crossword form.
Filled blocks in the puzzle are set by the character '_' (underscore).
You don't have to set up the dimension of the puzzle - just put the same
number of letters into each line.
If you look at the example in 'cwp.txt' you will find its content to be:
counter
hex_rsa
amt_and
r_esc__
_friend
vim__or
It is very easy to fill such a puzzle if you start with something like this:
counter
..x....
..t....
..e....
..r....
..m....
and fill in the missing letters in replace (overwrite) mode in your editor.
Then you can parse the source file through txt2cwp:
txt2cwp cwp.txt
This generates cwp.tex, a frameset for your puzzle in which only the clues are missing. You have to insert the clues into the tex file at the appropriate positions:
\Clue{1}{counter}{}%
\Clue{7}{hex}{}%
will become something like this:
\Clue{1}{counter}{Something increasing each time around}%
\Clue{7}{hex}{Regular polygon with the most vertices to tile a plane with}%
Since the solution to each clue is given as second parameter to \Clue, this should be very easy, in fact, dare I say, comfortable!
After all the clues are added compile the tex file using:
pdflatex cwp.tex
and you are done...
Enjoy!