Editorial
Puzzle Standards
Every promoted crossword must be original to this product, playable, answer-safe in public output, and supported by recorded editorial evidence. Passing a generator or structural test alone does not make a puzzle reviewed.
Original construction
We do not import or reproduce newspaper crosswords. Software helps build and validate grids, crossings, clue metadata, duplicate limits, and public payloads. That automation is a tool in the process, not an author or a substitute for editorial judgment.
Promotion and human review
Mini is the only currently promoted size. Its automated thresholds pass, and a 15-puzzle answer-safe sample has a recorded owner approval. Midi and Maxi are paused because their banks do not yet pass the accepted diversity, sequence, difficulty, theme, and blind-human gates. We do not relabel or hide those gaps to make a claim pass.
Fill, clues, and repetition
Entries must cross consistently and clues must be concise, fair, original, and correctly numbered. The audit rejects repeated answers inside one puzzle, excessive answer-and-clue reuse, weak layout diversity, disconnected white space, stitched-looking sections, and repeated pairs in adjacent Daily or replay order. Difficulty and themes must be reviewed rather than assigned to satisfy a target.
Accessibility and answer safety
Clues should be readable on small screens and usable with the grid's keyboard and labelled-cell semantics. Public pages and APIs expose masked grids, clue lengths, and safe public IDs; solution letters and clue answers stay behind server checks. Private room and member identifiers never belong in editorial evidence.
Versions and corrections
The answer-safe ledger records each safe public ID, version, construction method, promotion state, reviewer/date where actually documented, difficulty/theme review state, and correction status. A correction should update that record and be rechecked before promotion. See the Contact page to report a clue or puzzle issue.
Report a puzzle problem safely
Email privacy@kreydlabs.com with the safe public ID, such as mini-001, and a brief description. Do not send an answer, entered letters, room ID, member key, invite link, or private URL.