Acrostic Instructions

The colored squares indicate the active letter in both the grid and the current word (and in the acrostic if it's the first letter of the current word). The brighter (orange) square indicates whether the puzzle is in "Grid Mode" or "Word Mode."

Mouse
Click in grid square	Selects the grid square (and the corresponding word square) Sets Grid Mode
Click in acrostic square	Selects first square of the corresponding word (and the corresponding grid square) Sets Word Mode
Click in word square	Selects the word square (and the corresponding grid square) Sets Word Mode

Keyboard
Key	Grid Mode	Word Mode
Any Letter without Shift	Enters letter Advances to next grid square	Enters letter Advances to next word square
Any Letter with Shift	Enters letter Stays on same grid square	Enters letter Advances to next word square
Tab key	Switches to Word Mode	Switches to Grid Mode
Slash (/)	Switches to Word Mode	Switches to Grid Mode
Return	Advances to next empty grid square	Advances to next word
Space	Clears current letter Advances to next grid square	Clears current letter Advances to next word square
Forward Delete	Clears current letter Advances to next grid square	Clears current letter Advances to next word square
Back Delete	Clears current letter Moves to previous grid square	Clears current letter Moves to previous word square
Up Arrow	Moves up one grid square	Goes to previous word
Down Arrow	Moves down one grid square	Advances to next word
Left Arrow	Moves to previous grid square	Moves to previous word square
Right Arrow	Advances to next grid square	Advances to next word square

Warning: If you leave the puzzle page and then return, the puzzle may reset with any work you've done lost.

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