Do you enjoy crossword puzzles?

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Perth Western Australia
My Father was always doing the crossword in the papers and he was really good at it. He would usually be able to complete the whole crossword without referencing any dictionary, et al.
Somehow I started doing crosswords as well and have been doing them for more than 35 years.
My vocabulary is astronomical. If I hear or see a word I have not encountered before then I find out what it means. That is called learning.
I regularly buy a crossword book called, "Mister Wisdoms Whopper", it has 27,
400 word crosswords. I can complete these crosswords in less than an hour. Missing on average 10 words.
When completed, those that I did not know, I look up in the back of the book.
I was doing this one day in a cafe, and someone sitting beside me said, " That's cheating"
I looked at him and simply said, "If you do not know something, what do you do? You find out, yes? It is called learning, not cheating"
Unfortunately he took umbrage and got uppity.
Some people.
 

Bretrick said:
I work in heavy industry as an Overhead Crane Operator.
Not working right now because I broke my ankle at work and will be off for several months
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Thanks for answering Bretrick. Just want to say you have stood up well to the roasting and I like that! Not that it matters what I think but I believe you are dinky di.
Yes I love crossword puzzles especially the cryptic ones.
 
Shero said:
Thanks for answering Bretrick. Just want to say you have stood up well to the roasting and I like that! Not that it matters what I think but I believe you are dinky di.
Yes I love crossword puzzles especially the cryptic ones.
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Dinky Di Aussie Guy. :)
Resilience is my strong point these days.
Can I say, In my posting I am not having a swipe at anyone. I am pointing out that there are ways out of our situations as long as we are prepared to make an effort.
Sometimes I may come across as being la di da but I certainly am not.
Just a blue collar worker who has been kicked and beaten and come out the other end. Not unscathed but with a fighting spirit that allows me to hold my head high.
I can not do cryptic crosswords :(
 
I enjoy crossword puzzles, too, but not the hard ones, because they take too long and time is precious. AARP.org has daily crossword puzzles that I've done in the past on my free time. Like Bretrick said, it's called learning when you learn a new word, etc. I think doing crossword puzzles keeps our brain sharp.
 
Bretrick said:
Dinky Di Aussie Guy. :)
Resilience is my strong point these days.
Can I say, In my posting I am not having a swipe at anyone. I am pointing out that there are ways out of our situations as long as we are prepared to make an effort.
Sometimes I may come across as being la di da but I certainly am not.
Just a blue collar worker who has been kicked and beaten and come out the other end. Not unscathed but with a fighting spirit that allows me to hold my head high.
I can not do cryptic crosswords :(
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Good on you resilience is a great quality to have and I always admire that in a person :)
 
Devi said:
Love crossword puzzles. I do them on my computer using the (free) Across Lite software:
https://litsoft.com/across/alite/download/

I download puzzles via this page:
https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/nyt-links.html
The links with a year (e.g., Wall Street Journal 2021) have downloadable crossword puzzles (whatever.puz).

Plus, there are various ways to solve a word or the whole puzzle. Most entertaining, for me.
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I forgot to add that the downloadable puzzles are also free. Much fun ... :)
 
Are you finding AARP has an issue with their puzzles? It's free. I guess you get what you pay for.

The issue: Once correctly completed it's suppose to stop and give you a score. But instead the user has to click on "Solve Puzzle" to complete the puzzle and get the score...even though you just finished the puzzle and all words are correct. The problem with that is that you lose points from your score because hitting the "Solve Puzzle" button is considered getting help.
 
I'm a big crossword fan.. have been since a young adult. There's barely a day goes by when I don't complete at least one crossword puzzle. I prefer cryptic, but I'm up for any type ..it's something I've always and hopefully always will enjoy..
 
I was doing this one day in a cafe, and someone sitting beside me said, " That's cheating"
I looked at him and simply said, "If you do not know something, what do you do? You find out, yes? It is called learning, not cheating"
Unfortunately he took umbrage and got uppity.
Some people.
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I have had this response from people that don't seem to want to learn.

To answer the OP; I used to be an avid crossword addict, particularly when I travelled to work by bus.
 

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