Hey, I'm glad to see other crossword-loving tablet users out there. I did a TON of searching for something that would work on my 770.
Then after I discovered x-word.org I figured that was a really good starting point and I started the maemo garage project.

I wasn't sure how to handle the text entry either, I have a version that just uses toolbar buttons for letters, but I didn't put that in subversion because it still seemed too hacky.

I didn't know about the xkbd port. Thanks terrencegf for coming up with such a nice solution.

Ironically, I probably never would have started the project if I'd known about xkbd, because there's a really slick AJAX player that does the NY Times crossword!
http://www.labpixies.com/gadget_page.php?id=48