Greetings: I don't know how I solve them. I just do. I love it when the crossword puzzle is timed, such as the Chicago Sun-Times web site and the Los Angeles Times web site. Those are also the best puzzles on Saturday and Sunday. Those puzzles usually take about twenty minutes to solve, more or less. But, sometimes, I might take more than an hour, although that is very rare. Unfortunately, the New York Times and the Washington Post web sites don't include a timer with their puzzles. Daily puzzles are always too easy, and I solve them within ten minutes. Sometimes, if I'm a little doubtful about how a word is spelled, or if I don't know something, I'll cheat by using the Google search engine. But, I try to do everything myself, without references of any kind. It's more fun that way, and I learn stuff, too. I also enjoy doing codewords and cryptograms, but it's hard to find any on the Internet, and the codeword puzzles are always too easy. The only codeword puzzles I can find on the Internet include clues, which I hate. I do those within two minutes. I want my puzzles without any clues. There are two (02) types of crossword puzzles that I'm NOT able to solve: the cryptic crossword puzzle and the English crossword puzzle. I reckon you have to have been born and raised in England to understand the true meanings of the clues in an English crossword puzzle. I don't know why I can't solve a cryptic crossword puzzle. I buy the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle books, so I have something to do when I go somewhere where I have to sit around and wait, and I use an erasable blue ink ball point pen, because it's easier to see on the black and white grid. Thank you. John Robert Mallernee Bard of Clan Henderson Armed Forces Retirement Home Washington, D.C. 20011-8400
2016-03-28 01:37:16
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answered by Anonymous
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Have you tried the search engines. Yahoo works best for me on this. Sometimes it's more fun to do them one by one. If your'e in a hurry, just try typing in this specific puzzle.
2006-10-19 06:28:49
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answered by John A. Wildfire 1
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