Do you do crosswords puzzles?

I do traditional crossword puzzles every day. I generally print them out from 3 online newspapers: The New York Times, The New York Post, and The Los Angeles Times.

I don't like doing them online. I'd rather print them out and do them the old fashioned way.
The NY Times uses a 21 X 21 box grid on Sundays, which prints out too small, so I don't do their Sunday crossword.
 
I used to when I got newspapers. But since I no longer buy them, I do a different kind of crossword puzzle on my phone. It's one of my favorite games. To date, I've completed more than 3,000 puzzles, which I can tell by what "World" and group I'm doing. Cody Cross is a cute little alien who wants to find out more about Earth, by exploring different aspects of the world we live in.

There are countless "worlds", such as Amusement Park, Department Store, Under The Sea and Fashion Show, which I'm on now. Within each world there are 20 groups, each with 5 puzzles. The words going across don't necessarily relate to the "worlds", but what is spelled vertically in pink does. He has 4 little friends to help solve the puzzles if you get stuck. There are other kinds of puzzles within the game, but I never do them.

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WheatenLover said:
Never!
But to redeem my family, my mother used to do the NYT crosswords in ink!
Crossword puzzles irritate me.
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The Indianapolis Star used to have a crossword puzzle in their Sunday paper. People would fill it out and send it in. They would have a weekly drawing for money. My dad did it every Sunday and won money several times. I like Crosswords but I haven't figured out what's so enticing about Suduku (sp?).
 
ChiroDoc said:
I do traditional crossword puzzles every day. I generally print them out from 3 online newspapers: The New York Times, The New York Post, and The Los Angeles Times.

I don't like doing them online. I'd rather print them out and do them the old fashioned way.
The NY Times uses a 21 X 21 box grid on Sundays, which prints out too small, so I don't do their Sunday crossword.
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I used to save the Sunday N.Y. Time puzzle in the magazine section and found it challenging. I would work on it all through the week; I became better at it, but I do not remember ever completing it. When I moved to CA I would work the LA Times, but now it is hard for me cause of vision limitations...darn.
 
TeePee said:
The Indianapolis Star used to have a crossword puzzle in their Sunday paper. People would fill it out and send it in. They would have a weekly drawing for money. My dad did it every Sunday and won money several times. I like Crosswords but I haven't figured out what's so enticing about Suduku (sp?).
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I used to like Sudoku, which is a logic based puzzle. I've thought about taking that up again. But logic games are my true love. They are tests of deductive reasoning.

Now, if crosswords had come with the possibility of winning money, I'd have been a lot more interested.
 
Yes, I've been doing crosswords puzzles for yrs,keeps my mind sharp
I've been doing the daily NYT crossword puzzle since the late 70's, usually can finish Mon&Tues,once in awhile will get Weds
 
WheatenLover said:
I used to like Sudoku, which is a logic based puzzle. I've thought about taking that up again. But logic games are my true love. They are tests of deductive reasoning.

Now, if crosswords had come with the possibility of winning money, I'd have been a lot more interested.
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I'm a big fan of Logic puzzles... .but I just can't get my head around Soduku.... I'm not a maths dunce by any means.. but I just can't do soduku
 
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