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Do you utter cross words when you get stumped trying to finish a crossword (puzzle)?




Posted - July 30, 2019

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  • 46117
    I cannot remember a recent time where I was hobbled so badly that I had to resort to doing crosswords.  No phone, no computer, no tv?  I would go to sleep first.  I hate those things.  
      July 30, 2019 5:10 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    I defintely use cross words while doing crossword puzzles.  Uttering those words never comes into play.
      July 30, 2019 8:28 AM MDT
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  • 10639
    Nah, that only gets me down
      July 30, 2019 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    Possibly but not at the puzzle, only me. And then rarely though my local paper's crossword varies considerably from day to day and I am sanguine about sometimes making no progress with the thing. It's only a bit of fun while I linger over an after-meal mug of tea! 

    The puzzle-page is bought-in, and the cross-words seem to be compiled by at least three different people. 

    This is the cryptic one, not the synonym / general-knowledge puzzle next to it. Completed all but one word of about 23 yesterday, barely half of them today!
      August 8, 2019 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Only when I can't spiel proper ....but that a different story....:( 
      August 8, 2019 4:27 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I know a lot of cross words from living and working in London....:(
      August 8, 2019 4:29 PM MDT
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