Many netcitizens have also started publishing their own puzzles on the WWW too. These puzzles will probably be harder to locate without prior specific knowledge of their URLs. Here, search engines can come in useful in locating such sites. Many such search engines have crossword sections which index crossword related material. Please do not be disappointed if many of these sites only contain a few puzzles.
People start out with good intentions but many times fail to finish the job they began.
Such electronic puzzle sites maintain their puzzles in a variety of formats. Some simply store the puzzles as JPG or gif files, while others employ Adobe's PDF format, or simply store them as Postscript files. Such files need a Postscript or a PDF viewer to view them. In the recent past Java has started to rear its head, but this language has still a long way to go before being universally accepted or even usable. What is interesting is the advent of applications which deal specifically with the electronic crossword puzzle.