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ellenibbot

11th July 2016, 02:49
Hello everybody, I am newbie on this forum and I have seen everyone master in crossword puzzles but m not, i also want become like you people. Please help me how i become master in crossword puzzles.
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rosalind

11th July 2016, 06:46
If you are serious, buy a book, do some puzzles, get the published answers and try to work out how the answers were derived (called "parsing"). There's no other way, except perhaps phoning a friend!
I keep a book of how parts of words are clued eg "sailor" in a clue can be the letters ab or tar.
There isn't a quick fix. Good luck.
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rossim

11th July 2016, 08:01
You are right Rosalind.
Always ask for a parse on the forum if you don't understand where the answer came from.
Sounds like a useful book. I used to get caught out by flower = river time and time again!
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bernie

11th July 2016, 08:21
You and me both Rossim!
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rusty

11th July 2016, 08:28
And banker = river
Runner = river, too!
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bernie

11th July 2016, 08:31
Yes Rusty, but flower is the killer, I always read it as flower as in a garden, gets me every time!
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rusty

11th July 2016, 08:33
Got me too, Bernie!
Probably most of us, I'd say!
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bernie

11th July 2016, 08:35
It's a blooming nuisance!
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ginge

11th July 2016, 08:49
Fifteensquared produce a crit on a number of published puzzles after each entry deadline has passed.
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jazzgirl

11th July 2016, 09:18
Lower is a cow :)
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