Welcome to Devon Puzzles

Helping Puzzle Lovers Become Puzzle Creators

Nestled in the heart of East Devon, Devon Puzzles is your cozy online space for learning how to make your own puzzles.

Whether you’re a curious beginner, creative teacher, or future puzzle book author—this site is packed with free resources, tips, and tools to help you create, publish, and share puzzles with the world.

What You’ll Find Here

Devon Puzzles is your friendly guide to puzzle creation. We offer:

  • Step-by-step guides for creating all kinds of puzzles
  • Free templates and tools to make puzzle design easier
  • Tips for publishing puzzle books or selling printables online
  • Blog posts and tutorials full of practical advice
  • Printable resources for educators, hobbyists, and indie creators

From the Puzzle Pieces Blog

New to Puzzle Creation? Start Here!

I recommend beginning with:

You’ll be building your own puzzles in no time—promise!

Learn, Create, Share

Whether you want to:

  • Self-publish a puzzle book
  • Design brain games for your students
  • Start a puzzle-themed Etsy shop
  • Or just enjoy the challenge of creating something new…

About Me

Hi, I’m Pip Nash, a puzzle creator and writer based in East Devon. I started Devon Puzzles to help people like you learn how to design your own puzzles such as Sudoku, Wordsearch, Crosswords and logic puzzles—from scratch or with simple tools.

You don’t need to be a maths expert. Just bring your curiosity—and I’ll help with the rest!

Cracking the Code

How to be a Puzzle Book Creator

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting and Publishing Puzzles

As I mentioned in the book, I have gathered all the webpage links together and made them available for free download in either a PDF or an EXCEL spreadsheet. I have shortened some of the long weblinks using a URL shortener. My apologies if any of the web links are out of date. They were accurate as of March 2025.

Cracking the Code weblinks PDF Download

Cracking the Code weblinks Excel Download