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Crossword CompilerInformation on how to be a crosswords compiler for newspapers and magazines for money payment or to solve crosswords for cash prizes: Crossword Compiler is a great job if you love words and crosswords and you can earn money from compiling crosswords for newspapers and magazines. Some of the broad sheet newspapers like The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sunday Times have their own team of regular crossword puzzle compilers. They also have people who compile their sudoku and other word or number puzzles. However there are still some great magazines and newspapers that need a crossword compiler and will pay you to compile a crossword grid, the crossword clues and answers for quick and easy crosswords and cryptic crosswords. When compiling a crossword as a professional crossword compiler you should follow standard rules. The most widely recognised rules and regulations for cryptic and quick crosswords is laid out in books such as Chambers Crossword Manual, Chambers Concise Crossword Dictionary, Collins Bradford's Crossword Lists, Chambers Crossword Completer, Chambers Crossword Lists, Chambers Crossword Completer and the Collins Complete Crossword Companion. These books contain helpful advice for the crossword puzzle maker about the standard rule of the grid, how to set out clues and common cryptic clue meanings. There are special software programmes that can help you compile crosswords and their clues. Some editors don't mind their crossword compilers using these, whilst others prefer original and unique crosswords using the writers own style. There are examples of these at Amazon. Earn Money From Solving A CrosswordAnother method of earning money form crosswords rather than being a crossword compiler or crossword puzzle maker is to complete them and send them into the various newspaper and magazine competitions and prize draws. Some of these can be for top prizes in the hundreds of pounds. You will be competing against other crossword and competition fans, but because a high level of skill and knowledge if required the number of entrants can be low. This increases your chances of winning the prize crosswords. You can increase your chances further still by sending in a tidy grid, ensuring it is fully completed and comply by the closing date. Prize crosswords can be found in most Saturday newspapers like The Telegraph and Sunday papers like The Sunday Express. Local papers usually have prize crosswords and though the prizes are less in value they attract fewer entrants so you could win often. Income earnt from compiling crosswords should be declared on your income tax self assessment forms. However you can add any expenses for being a crossword compiler such as a crossword completer, dictionaries, thesauruses, paper, postage, etc to your expense sheets. I think prizes from crossword competitions are free from income tax and need not be declared but do please check with your local tax office. Examples Of Cryptic Crossword CluesBelow are some examples of cryptic crossword clues with a breakdown of how the answer is reached. If you want to learn more about the many crossword cryptic clues and their solutions then I do recommend reading the Chambers Crossword Completer. "American backing given to church of that kind" (4) - The answer to this clue are two abbreviations from American and church which give you US and CH. The clue then directs the solver to reverse the answer to American from the word "backing" to give the answer SUCH. This clever clue has what crossword compilers call a reversal. Another example of a reversal cryptic crossword clue is "Sounds a little canine, so stop bitch producing litter in reverse" (4) The word "reverse" indicates that it is a reversal cryptic crossword clue. The first part of the clue implies a small dog making a noise which gives you YAPS. Reversal of the word gives you SPAY which gives you the meaning for stopping a dog from having puppies. "Blades inform on others" (5) - This type of clue has two meanings for the clue. This is known as a double definition. So the answer GRASS gives the two meanings, one slang another a true meaning. If this page has not answered your questions or you need some more advice then please feel free to e-mail me. I would also welcome any advice to increase the information on this page to make it more useful to others. So feel free to e-mail me your thoughts. I would also appreciate it if you were to send the url of the www.findextrawork.co.uk to your friends, forums and websites. Automatically Add www.findextrawork.co.uk To Your Favourites Folder - Bookmark Us. The site is updated weekly with new earning opportunities. If you like this page and would like to easily share Find Extra Work with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below: Tweet
"Twisting Canada? No: S American water snake" (8) - The word "Twisting" indicates that this is an anagram clue. The next 8 words form the answer and "American water snake" is the solution. So this gives an anagram of the words Canada No S to give the answer ANACONDA. Some clues have hidden words where the solution is contained within the sentence. For example Collect military information in topless pyjamas (3) gives the hidden word and solution SPY which lies within the words topless pyjamas. Other cryptic crossword definitions and types of clues include: Homophone which is a word that sounds like another. Hints to this form of clue are the words twin, pair or we hear being in the sentence. Deletion clues are those where the solver has to get one word and take off part to form another answer. Rates Of Pay For Crossword CompilersRates of pay for crossword compilers is something I have been unable to learn. If you are a crossword puzzle maker and would like to share your experience of being a crossword compiler and getting paid to write and compile crosswords to help other readers of this compile crosswords for money payment then please contact me so that I can include this information on this crossword compiler page. Findextrawork heard from one crossword compiler who was paid by the Daily Record newspaper to compile their giant crossword which appeared in the Saturday magazine. The Daily Record paid £150 for each crossword nine years ago. The compiler did find it a time consuming job. The crossword was a mixture of cryptic and easy clues. Syndicated CrosswordsSyndicated Crosswords is another possible option for those who compile crosswords for money. Organisations may pay you to compile crossword puzzles, quizzes, word searches, etc for which they can sell on to groups of newspapers and magazines. Each newspaper and magazine may be to busy or not have the experience to compile crosswords and may find it cheaper and more cost effective to buy in crossword puzzles. One example of syndicated crosswords can be found at Sirius Media Services who supply cryptic crosswords, quick crosswords, general knowledge crosswords, puzzles such as sudoku and pathwords and quizzes to a wide range of newspapers, web sites and magazines. For example SiriusMedia supply a range of local newspapers such as the Evening Express, Belfast Telegraph, Irish News, Wales on Sunday, Scotland on Sunday, Daily Express, The Star, Yorkshire Evening Press and the Southern Daily Echo. For more information about these syndicated crosswords and any crossword compiler vacancies please visit the Sirius Media Services website at www.siriusmedia.co.uk The first crossword puzzle book was published on the 10 April 1924 in New York. Findextrawork used to give as an example of a newspaper that paid for crosswords to be compiled as The Sunday Post. However The Sunday Post Scottish newspaper stopped received submitted crosswords in April 2011. Below is correspondence from crossword puzzle makers and crossword compilers who have added to this crossword compiler discussion. If you would like to add your comments please contact me. The first crossword compiler has asked to be anonymous because the writer still works as a crossword maker: Hi Chris, I am a syndicated crossword compiler, have self-published many puzzle books, and written two puzzle books for a series of volumes. Regarding rates of pay for crossword compiling - generally not too good You honestly can't make a living at it (I've tried for years!). I'm a syndicated puzzle writer and make on average about $300 a month for writing several regular puzzles - and this is after being on my syndicator's books for years. When I first started out I was lucky to make about $20 a month - for hours of work. If you aren't in one of the major metropolitan papers (which are almost impossible to break into unless one of the regular compilers dies), the rates of pay can be as little as $10 a puzzle or less (the hourly rate is awful!). Rates of pay via a syndicator are based on subscription and print numbers (so a small print-run paper will pay much less than a major paper for the same puzzle). The syndicator will also take a cut of your earnings, generally around 30%. Crossword editors from the major papers you mention on your page are inundated with submissions, and very rarely reply. It's not a reliable way to find work. Jobs for full-time crossword compilers are extraordinarily rare. Print newspapers are also in trouble, laying off staff, with falling income from sales and advertising, and many are cutting paid content (especially puzzles). My income from print puzzles has dropped drastically since the global financial crisis. Compilers need to have many years of experience, especially in writing cryptic clues, before submitting any to an editor. The Chambers "Crossword Manual" is about the only book still in print on how to write cryptic crosswords, possibly worth adding to the page. Sorry to be rather disheartening, but it is a tough industry, and not a very viable thing to suggest to your readers, really ... they can certainly give it a try, but it's not as easy as it sounds from your web site ;) I hope this is of some help on your page. If you would like to add to this crossword compiler discussion then please contact me. |
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