XWord Support for Puzzle Features

Feature	puz	xpf	jpz	ipuz¹
Scrambled solution	X
No solution	X
Rebus entries	X	X	X	X
Circled squares	X	X	X	X
Squares with colored or shaded backgrounds		X	X	X
Squares with barred borders			X	X
Background images			X
Diagramless puzzles	X	X
Acrostic puzzles			X
Marching Bands puzzles			X
Diagonal words		X	X
Words in other directions			X
Clues with formatted text		X	X	X
Notes with formatted text		X	X	X
More than 2 clue lists			X²	X
Unconventional numbering schemes		X	X	X
Unclued words		X	X

XWord can load ipuz files but cannot write them. ↩
jpz format only allows 2 clue lists, but XWord supports unlimited clue lists. XWord will read and write altered jpz files with extra clue lists, but Crossword Solver will refuse to load them. ↩