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A new series of crossword puzzle books is published for US readers


The spelling and words selected are for the US variant of English.  Additionally, for the Portuguese puzzle book, the Brazilian variant of Portuguese is used.

Italian Portuguese (BR) German Polish

The Costa Brava News publishes the Christmas 2023 special Crossmot





As of 21 January 2024 2000 books of Scribo Puzzles & Crosswords have now been sold. 


Thank you.


The Cambrian News publishes the Christmas 2023 special Crossmot

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Ancient Greek Crossword Puzzles

This is a book of over 100 crossword puzzles on the subject of Ancient Greek history, mythology, philosophy and philosophers as well as the Gods and progeny.


This book tests both your knowledge of Ancient Greek matters and it expands your knowledge as you look for the answers. It is a great gift for students.


This book is totally written in English.



To order from the UK To order from elsewhere

Re-design of Front and Back Covers

During the period September to December 2023 most of the Scribo Crossmots books will undergo a change to the front and back covers.













Crossmots.de is launched

For German speakers we have now launched Crossmots.de.  This site is presented in the German language and promotes the sale of the books and information for newspaper and magazine editors.


To Crossmots.de

Introducing a new book of 160 Puzzles with a reduced vocabulary of English and Portuguese (BR)

This is a new departure for our Portuguese books which to date have been built around the EU version of Portuguese.  This time the book contains a reduced set of vocabulary specifically for the Brazilian variant of the language.


From: Amazon.co.uk From: Amazon.com

Introducing a book of 100 English-Ukrainian Crosswords

All the clues are provided in Ukrainian, hence all the answers in English.  This is a great gift for Ukrainian families struggling to learn English.. All royalties from the sale of this book will be forwarded to Ukrainian charities.  To order select the button below:

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Announcing a New Series of Codewords Puzzles (available in the selected language only)

Available in Dutch, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish  and Welsh.

A book of 366 one-a-day crosswords is now published.


This book covers the period from 1 September 2023 to 31st August 2024.





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As of 17 April 2023 1000 books of Scribo Puzzles and Crosswords have now been sold. 


Thank you.





A book of 100 English-Bulgarian Crossmots is published. (April 2023)






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Nine Crossmots Books now available in Hard Cover

Recently added to the Crossmots' series are new Hard Covers (Hardback).  These make great gifts.  All prices can be found on the appropriate Amazon page.





The Crossmots App is now launched

We are excited to announce the launch of our new app, the Dual-Language Crosswords, which is now available for both Android and Apple devices. This app is a game changer for those who enjoy solving crossword puzzles and want to learn a new language at the same time.


Our app is designed to help you improve your language skills by providing you with a fun and interactive way to learn new words and phrases in 16 different languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Italian, and more. With Dual-Language Crosswords you can choose between two languages for every puzzle, making it a truly immersive experience.



What sets our app apart is the unique rule for playing - if the clue is in one language, the answer is in the other. This adds an extra level of challenge to the game and forces you to think critically about the language you're working with.

The Olay Gazete Newspaper, based in London publishes our Turkish-English puzzles.


The Turkish-speaking community of London now have the opportunity to complete a weekly crossmot and WordSearch puzzle.


Feb 2023


A book of 100 Japanese -English Crossmots is published.



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A book of 100 Latvian-English Crossmots is published.



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www.scribocrossmots.co.uk


The scribo crossmots website is re-published for the benefit of newspaper and magazine editors, as well as others interested in community work.  Here we post details of how Crossmots can be of benefit to newspapers etc. 

Link to website

The Costa News  publishes the Christmas 2022 special Crossmot

Answers found here:

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The Cambrian News publishes the Christmas 2022 special Crossmot

Answers found here:

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The Crossmots App now in beta development

The Crossmots app has now progressed to the beta development stage with an expectation to be available for Apple and Android users in January 2023 . 


Although this is a single app, access is possible to 16 language combinations (currently) with more to come when the wrinkles are removed.



The Cambrian News publishes new advert

The Cambrian News publishes our new advert for Welsh-speakers and those learning Welsh  Many thanks!



Crossmots now available for teachers and other education professionals

Bundles of 24 crossmots are now available for teachers and other education professionals through TES Resources.  Priced at £5.00 they are currently available in the following combinations:

English-Welsh

English-French

English-Spanish

English-German

English-Italian

English-Turkish

English-Portuguese


Best suited to KS4.  With more to follow. 

The ConnexionFrance Publishes new advert

The ConnexionFrance newspaper for the British community living in France is publishing the Crossmots advert in the December 2022 edition.  Many thanks!




View ConnexionFrance

The FranceConnexion website continues to publish Scribo Toughnut puzzles

These puzzles are a variation on a standard crossword.  This requires the user to translate the clue and then correctly place the answer in the grid.  This is an on-line and print   newspaper for theh English-speaking community of France

View Connexionfrance

365 Croesair Cymraeg-Saesneg 2023 - Un Bob Dydd / 2023 365 One a Day Welsh-English Crosswords

The Welsh-English set of dual-language crosswords and puzzles are now found on the gwales.com website

View gwales.com site

Crossmots App Under Development

Please to announce a new app is under development to complete the crossmots on your cell phone/mobile, laptop and so on, Due, January 2023.  This will be a collaboration between Scribo Puzzles and Teazel Ltd who have been quietly building crossword apps since 2002.

View the Teazel Ltd Website

Welsh-English books now on sale in Wales!

Grateful for the help provided for distribution by the Wales Book Council.  This has resulted in the two Welsh-English crosswords and wordsearch books now on sale throughout independent book shops in Wales

All Books Now Registered with Nielsen

All Scribo Puzzle books are now registered with Nielsen...."the leading provider of data and information services (of) the book industry... with 3000 clients including Waterstones, WH Smith and the British Library.     

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