Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

The screen obtained when opening a new thread should include instructions on what information to provide, i.e. crossword title, clue number, number of letters, letters already found, etc.
This forum used to be for people who had almost completed a crossword and needed help with the last one or two clues. It has now become mainly a forum for quizes where people post ten clues, then another ten clues when the first ten are answered. Lots of them have already been answered in previous posts. How much pleasure does one get entering a competition where other people have done most of the work. If you can raise a request on this help forum you should be able to use Google to get at least some of the answers yourself.

I quite agree - the site is heading the same way as the answerbank- a shortcut for the lazies.

PLEASE don't let that happen !!!

That's me told off then! I do the Irish News crossword, so it's only available over here. I assumed, obviously wrongly, that this was a crossword clue solver site only - didn't realised it was quizzes, etc. From now on I will bore the pants off you by stating the crossword and that I have been sweating over it all afternoon - not just getting easy answers off you boffins!

I am somewhat disturbed by the recent trend, from a minority of contributers thankfully, of arrogance and elitism in suggesting, nay, demanding that this forum should be sanitised and purified by setting rules and regulations as to who can post threads and lso impose control on the content.

The way it operates currently means that it is open to all with no restrictions and encourages camaraderie and good healthy banter. I, personally, love it and would suggest that those of you who are unhappy should return to the "other place" to effect some reformation there.

JimB

As I have indicated in another thread, a meaningful thread title is very helpful when trying to search through the archives. Just the title of the publication (together with the issue number) or quiz is sufficient, but titles like "Cryptic" are not helpful.

Maybe I'm the only one here who even thinks of searching through old threads.

Can't say I care much whether or not the crossword source is given. So long as we are given the number of letters and any given ones.

If Fiona's idea of separate "boardlettes" is taken up it will finish this site. Everybody will be asking for 4,12,15a and 3,11,16 d. Even the DT brigade largely came to agree that this approach is not much use.

As far as I am concerned people can ask what they like. If I can help, I will. Having said that I have to agree with Mr Griffen. Some people are too idle to make any effort themselves and are effectively having their quiz completed by others.
I suppose the satisfaction for most people like this is that they can boast to their friends that THEY have finished it and may win a prize. Sad.

To be honest, I don't mind if someone is being lazy or not, I think there is enough room here to accommodate that and nobody is forced to answer.
If anything ruins this site it will be trying to impose rules. I think it has evolved quite nicely without them.

No wonder you like it, it has turned into a site where every single answer that you cant get on AB is asked - not even giving clues
I would think that every answer has now been given to the rainbow quiz - what satisfaction are people getting from that - surely it isnt just desperation to win a prize so will someone tell me why!

Trevor is right. It is hard to say whether this site is more important to those who want answers or to those who give answers. We don't need rules (but we do need common sense).

itsashame. when you say \"No wonder you like it\" do you mean me? If so I don\'t get your point at all.
Also whatever harmless satisfaction people get is entirely their own business, why should you care so much