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davido02

19th July 2011, 22:24
Im just wondering how everyone manages this crossword. At a guess I would get 60 -70% of the clues over my Saturday morning coffee and then the rest has to be solved with a varying mixture of - and normally in this order - Google for the "general" knowledge, the quick solve on this site and finally the help forum. Maybe I'm jut dim? :-)
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tonyw

19th July 2011, 22:25
just keep trying and learning.
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

19th July 2011, 23:30
It's just practice, and if it was too easy, it wouldn't be as enjoyable.
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trevor

20th July 2011, 00:05
Davido02,
The 'Quick Solve' on this site is crap, there are far better sites dedicated to do that,eg,

http://crossword-solver.utsire.com/

(also - check out their anagram solver on the same site
https://www.crosswordsolver.org/anagram-solver/
and many others)

sometimes none of that will work but you are almost guaranteed to get an answer here, or an explanation to an answer.
all the best.

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tonyw

20th July 2011, 00:16
trevor,well done!
I have never seen that solver site and have now bookmarked it.
There are many anagram solvers out there.
I remember when we used to get together on a Sunday morning and trawl through all those reference books .There are reports that people are using Google as a second brain and loosing their capacity to remember.
I tend to agree.If I ask my nieces any questions they just Google it!!
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

20th July 2011, 00:36
This is another useful site for finding words and solving anagrams http://www.wordfun.ca/
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

20th July 2011, 00:37
This is another useful site for finding words and solving anagrams http://www.wordfun.ca/
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tonyw

20th July 2011, 00:44
thanks sallyw,but I want to push my point again.It easy to cheat but any of these sites must be a last resort.Think,think and think again until you have to ask for help on a site like this.
Help and explanation is preferable to a direct answer.
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

20th July 2011, 00:48
I agree tonyw that it's far more satisfactory if you can do it with maybe a hint or a nudge in the right direction, but sometimes you need a little more than a nudge, even though it often leads to a doh! moment when you see the answer!
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tonyw

20th July 2011, 00:50
agreed!
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