I have not done crosswords, or subscribed to a newspaper in many years, but as I recall, the answers were either printed with the next day’s puzzle, or on another page of today’s paper.
I did not have the internet to assist me in my endeavors in solving my daily crossword puzzles. Just went to the dictionary or worked it out, but there are days I just waited till the next day and finished the puzzle. Cheaters like me know how to win!
I do the crosswords (on line) to maintain my remaining brain cells that survived the 60s. Also do the Jumble. I find if I walk away from a difficult scrambled word, then come back, the answer pops into my head.
Strange how many people here are talking about cheating. When I do the NYT crossword online, the only person I’m playing against is myself. I make the rules, so cheating is logically impossible. My technique is to do as much of the puzzle as I can, which often is the whole thing, without outside help.
But if I’m stumped, I might look up an obscure reference (pop culture clues can be killers, if you’re not up on the latest musicians, actors or sports heroes). Or I might get one letter at a time from the online solution, which sometimes stimulates me to complete a word I previously couldn’t solve.
The only thing I’d consider “cheating” (more like plain old-fashioned “dishonesty”) would be bragging about completing a puzzle by myself, if I did in fact have outside help.
therese_callahan2002 almost 3 years ago
Sometimes, the old-fashioned way is better.
jagedlo almost 3 years ago
ALL of them…even the easy two or three-letter answers?
BearsDown Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Great way to turn a relaxing pastime into a research project.
Clotty Peristalt almost 3 years ago
Three letters: Flightless Australian bird: E_U. No, I’m stumped. I’m looking it up online.
Ken Norris Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I have an app on my phone that solves Sudoku…
JediSQL Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I heard the only rule for crosswords is to not look at the solution. Any other way of getting the answers is fair game.
locake almost 3 years ago
I heard that some people cheat at Wordle. I love solving the puzzle every day and cheating would take away all the fun.
cuzinron47 almost 3 years ago
Reminds of being is school and getting the teacher edition of a textbook with the answers in the back.
cknoblo Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I have not done crosswords, or subscribed to a newspaper in many years, but as I recall, the answers were either printed with the next day’s puzzle, or on another page of today’s paper.
elpasowalt almost 3 years ago
Yeah, but isn’t that cheating?
schaefer jim almost 3 years ago
I did not have the internet to assist me in my endeavors in solving my daily crossword puzzles. Just went to the dictionary or worked it out, but there are days I just waited till the next day and finished the puzzle. Cheaters like me know how to win!
spaced man spliff almost 3 years ago
I do the crosswords (on line) to maintain my remaining brain cells that survived the 60s. Also do the Jumble. I find if I walk away from a difficult scrambled word, then come back, the answer pops into my head.
paullp Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Strange how many people here are talking about cheating. When I do the NYT crossword online, the only person I’m playing against is myself. I make the rules, so cheating is logically impossible. My technique is to do as much of the puzzle as I can, which often is the whole thing, without outside help.
But if I’m stumped, I might look up an obscure reference (pop culture clues can be killers, if you’re not up on the latest musicians, actors or sports heroes). Or I might get one letter at a time from the online solution, which sometimes stimulates me to complete a word I previously couldn’t solve.
The only thing I’d consider “cheating” (more like plain old-fashioned “dishonesty”) would be bragging about completing a puzzle by myself, if I did in fact have outside help.
pbr50138 almost 3 years ago
Ralph is finally catching up to 2022.