What if Dad finds most crosswords too easy?

Choose Hard. It uses longer answers, deeper cuts from his interests and more wordplay. That's the level the founder's own dad solves.

He'd rather do it on paper. Is that possible?

Yes. Every puzzle prints on one page with the grid and all the clues, in a classic newspaper layout.

Can I send him one every week?

Yes. Set up a plan and a new crossword arrives by email on the days you choose, at a morning time in his time zone, with a PDF to print.

Do I need to know a lot of trivia about him?

No. You just pick his interests — his music, teams, eras and hobbies. The puzzle handles the rest.

For Dad

A Father's Day Crossword Made Around What Dad Loves

For the dad who doesn't need more stuff: a real crossword about his music, his teams and his favorite eras.

Make one free See how it works

Your first crossword is free. No account needed to try.

Mike, the founder's dad, playing guitar on stage with his rock band — Mike — the dad Crossworded was first made for.

A Father's Day crossword gift is a crossword built around your dad's interests. Crossworded takes what you pick — classic rock, hockey, history, cooking, old westerns — and builds a full newspaper-style puzzle from it. Email it with a note, print it for the breakfast table, or schedule new ones.

It started as a crossword for a dad

Crossworded began with one dad, Mike, who loves crosswords, is good at them, and finds a lot of them too easy. His son built him a daily puzzle around 60s rock, hockey and history, then kept adjusting until Mike said it was at the right difficulty and the personalization made it fun.

That's the gift on this page. Read the full story.

What his crossword can be about

60s & 70s rock
Blues & jazz
Hockey
Baseball
Golf
World War II
Westerns
Cooking
Cars
Fishing
Woodworking
80s rock

Pick an age range so the references land in the right decades, and star his favorites to guarantee each gets at least one clue.

What Dad's picks turn into

Four interests ticked for one dad, and the squares and clues they produced.

What was picked

Motown & soul
Hockey
Woodworking
60s & 70s rock

Difficulty: Hard. Starred favorites are guaranteed at least one clue.

A close-up of one corner of the 15×15 grid. Highlighted squares came straight from the interests above.

Motown & soul
Detroit label of the Supremes and the Temptations
MOTOWN
Hockey
NHL city of the Senators
OTTAWA
Hockey
Detroit's Red ___
WINGS
Woodworking
Where the workbench lives
GARAGE
60s & 70s rock
Vinyl release, in full
ALBUM

Why it works for Father's Day

No shelf required

Nothing to wrap, return or find a place for.

Pitched at his level

Easy, Medium or Hard. Hard is for the dad who does the Sunday paper in pen.

Online or printed

A link for his phone and a one-page sheet for the kitchen table.

One puzzle, or one every morning

Send a single crossword for the day, or set up a plan so a new one arrives by email on the days you pick, with a printable copy attached. More gift ideas are on our custom crossword gift page.

Questions

What if Dad finds most crosswords too easy?: Choose Hard. It uses longer answers, deeper cuts from his interests and more wordplay. That's the level the founder's own dad solves.
He'd rather do it on paper. Is that possible?: Yes. Every puzzle prints on one page with the grid and all the clues, in a classic newspaper layout.
Can I send him one every week?: Yes. Set up a plan and a new crossword arrives by email on the days you choose, at a morning time in his time zone, with a PDF to print.
Do I need to know a lot of trivia about him?: No. You just pick his interests — his music, teams, eras and hobbies. The puzzle handles the rest.

Make Dad's crossword

Your first one is free. See if he says it's the right difficulty.

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