crossword question

Hi,

1.Can we connect two horizontal(vertical) words? For example wordlist.txt contains the following:
table
eagle
Then is it legal to output:tableagle

2.Should we fill all fields(20x20=400) with letters?

3.wordlist words:
toaster
table
array

Is the following good or bad?

toaster
array
b
l
e

I think it's bad because wordlist doesn't contain : or, ar, sa ,ty

(Sorry for my easy english)

1)I'm guessing you can't
"Before and after each word there must be either an empty space or the edge of the puzzle."
2)same quote
3)I don't think that's correct

I had another question though, can we put blank spaces anywhere we want?
eg
table, top, boat, all

table
oÂ*oÂ*Â*
pÂ*all
Â*Â*tÂ*Â*

What the second Anonymous user said

And to answer the question of the second Anonymous user: it looks ok from here...

I'm actually wondering how many people would deliver a decent script...

I was thinking about it and I got so stressed by the ammount of loops it would take (a chess computer seems easier to make ;)) that I decided to do nothing :p

Errr...
I'm confused...
Is the example Anonymous#1 gave right or wrong?
Does Anonymous#2 think that #1's example is not correct? Or does he think that #1's thought about it being bad not correct? (which would make the example correct)

Please answer in complete sentence, thank you.

The #1's example is wrong, because


The #2's example is correct.

proper definition of the problem:
http://members.tripod.com/~POTM/CROZZLE/problem.long.html

that's the same problem, isn't it?

Yes, that is where the problem came from. But, make sure you follow the rules listed on this site. There are some subtle differences.

To be honest, i can't even figure out where to start, or what the algorithm should work.
Maybe i should think longer... But usually it doesn't take longer then 10 minutes to figure out how to even _START_