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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