ManYue pictured crosswords: across and down answers share each crossing cell

A correct across spelling can still conflict with a down answer at a crossing. Read an original three-by-three grid in ManYue, checking both directions at the same cell. This is no automatic puzzle solver. Unlike a general riddle list, it focuses on cell addresses, length and crossing constraints rather than accepting a merely plausible English meaning.

Fix grid directions and clue scope

Record work, edition, chapter/page, panel and instructions. Establish left-to-right across and top-to-bottom down, or another explicitly stated convention. Our three-row, three-column sample has no blocks and one-based row/column addresses, not a claim about newspaper numbering or symmetry. Each cell contains one uppercase Latin letter. Blocks, circled cells or special rules require their own reading. Retain clues with the grid instead of assuming every meaning condition from a cropped filled answer. This exercise is original rather than a copied published puzzle.

Copy three rows into nine addressed cells

The original rows are CAT,ORE,WED, each three letters. Address all nine cells: row two, column two is R; row three, column three is D. Row numbers are not clue numbers. Transcribe cells before reading down rather than silently correcting them into familiar words. Uppercase is only this example’s convention, not a universal rule for case or accents. An unclear D/O remains unresolved rather than supplied from an expected down word and then counted as observed. Separate visible letters from guessed fills.

Check across lengths and specific clues together

Across clues are explicitly singular English cat, the noun for mined mineral material, and the base-form verb meaning marry, matching the supplied rows. Three letters fit three cells, but length alone does not prove meaning. WED is the stipulated verb; WEB being an English word does not satisfy that clue. Retain wording, candidate letters and intended sense. Multiple permitted answers remain candidates rather than presumed unique in a three-cell entry. Real abbreviations or proper names need clue/convention support, not invented exceptions rescuing a failed word.

Read down from existing cells, not independent letters

The existing columns read COW,ARE,TED, with clues singular female bovine, the present form of be with you, and an explicitly supplied fictional name Ted. The proper-name condition is given, not inferred from a real person. Central R belongs to across mineral and down ARE but remains one cell, not two independently editable letters. Record row order and clue per column. Reading upward would require a different rule. Retain a failing direction’s exact crossing rather than weakening its clue explanation until the word appears acceptable.

One changed cell affects both crossing answers

In a separate control, change only row three, column three from D to B. Across becomes WEB and down TEB. The former is a word but fails the marry clue; the latter is no longer stipulated TED. Accepting the across word alone is insufficient. Retain unchanged cells rather than rearranging a column to repair one crossing. After restoring D, recheck both directions so separately copied answer notes do not retain an old value. This personal alteration neither overwrites the artwork nor represents automatic correction or proof of a unique solution.

Count entries separately from cells

Three across plus three down give six entries of three letters, eighteen letter occurrences across entries, but nine cells because each is shared. Do not call them eighteen independent cells or delete cells because letters repeat. Central R has one address; the same letter elsewhere would still occupy another address. This example crosses every cell, not every possible blocked or special puzzle. Count objects by addresses. Zoom adds no cells, and intersecting strokes are not new answer positions.

Troubleshoot cropped grid lines and letter shapes

Enlarge an unclear cell with neighbouring grid lines, retaining location rather than treating a thick border as a letter stroke. A cropped outer frame can hide a row/column; return to the whole grid before renumbering. If an answer page exists, preserve your candidates/conflicts before comparing, without backfilling a claim that the clue image was clear. Retrieve by chapter and nearby phrase without requiring OCR or an automatic solver. Descriptions retain directions and clue limits rather than nine letters with no distinction between given and supplied content.

Exit and return to check the centre and altered crossing

Exit the reader and return. Relocate centre R and bottom-right D, reading each crossing across/down entry again. Distinguish nine cells, six entries and eighteen entry-letter occurrences, and explain WEB’s failed across clue. Save puzzle identity, row/column conventions, clue scope, cell letters, crossing results and candidates. Completion means a specific conflict can be located, not guaranteed exhaustive or unique app solving. New languages, abbreviations or directions need new rules rather than universalising this original small grid.

Related guides and sources

ManYue: Record visual-riddle constraints, candidates and revealed answers; Referencing a panel in ManYue: create a verifiable address within a page.

Checked on November 11, 2026: Apple public information lists ManYue 2.0.5, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. See the official App Store for published capabilities; verify specific controls in the installed version.

Method reference: Merriam-Webster: Crossword Definition. Samples, passages and controls are original exercises. Sources establish definitions and checking methods rather than new automatic analysis in the app. Manual records may be kept externally, and unknown fields should remain explicit. This article does not claim step-by-step testing on a physical device, private server or every output environment.