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title: Crossword Helper for Android

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<p>A quick plug for my latest Android application, which is now available in the Android Market: <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.martineve.crossword&feature=search_result">Crossword Helper</a>. This is, fairly obviously, an application designed to help you finish crosswords when you are stuck.</p>
<p>You can get the app by scanning this QR code on your device:</p>
<div><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.martineve.crossword&amp;feature=search_result"><img src="https://www.martineve.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/crossword_qr.png" alt="Crossword Solver QR Code" title="Crossword Solver QR Code" width="376" height="376" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-991" /></a></div>
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<p>The application has a built-in dictionary of approximately 300,000 words against which you can match your existing grid and/or an anagram.</p>
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<p>Example uses:</p>
<p>Blanks<br />
Enter "t?s?" for "test"</p>
<p>Anagrams<br />
Enter "elvis" to get "lives"</p>
<p>Blanks and Anagrams<br />
Enter "orchestra" for anagram and "c???-h????" to get "cart-horse"</p>
<p>It's also my first experiment at selling something on the Android Market. In theory, I do not approve of this practice and prefer software to be free. For that reason, the similar service at <a href="http://ana.grammatic.org">http://ana.grammatic.org</a> will remain online and free to access. However, I am craving some extra revenue at the moment, so if you want offline support on your Android device, please give this your consideration.</p>
<p>Logo based, in part, on a work by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crosswordman/">CrosswordMan</a> originally released under a CC-BY license.</p>