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Crosswords

QVCkitty1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:36:01 GMT

Yes, I confess I'm addicted to crossword puzzles . I actually subscribe to a magazine because I like their puzzles. I don't like doing them online, I've tried , but it's just not the same as paper and pen ( erasable ink ). I like to order the books of NYT Sunday crosswords, they are my favorite. Are there any other crossword addicts here , and if so what are your favorites ?

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Kachina624 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:41:03 GMT

Part of my daily routine used to be completing the crossword in the newspaper. When I discontinued the newspaper I no longer did crosswords.

The are a great, fun way to keep your mind sharp.

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Franklinbell — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:42:36 GMT

@QVCkitty1 @I've just started doing crossword. Any recommendations for someone just starting? Thanks!

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kaydee50 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:44:22 GMT

I subscribe to the NYT online and do their mini, crossword, spelling bee, wordle and letter box just about everyday. I'll also occasionally do the crosswords in the Chicago Tribune that I also subscribe to online. Doesn't bother me that I don't use pen and paper.

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Krimpette — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:46:12 GMT

I still subscribe to the newspaper, so I do the crossword puzzle most days. While I enjoy crossword puzzles, I'm more addicted to doing jigsaw puzzles on line. JigsawsGalore is the source I use.

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Tori3569 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:47:45 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
I subscribe to the NYT online and do their mini, crossword, spelling bee, wordle and letter box just about everyday. I'll also occasionally do the crosswords in the Chicago Tribune that I also subscribe to online. Doesn't bother me that I don't use pen and paper.

I do too and am addicted to spelling bee! I’m determined to get to queen bee without the hints!

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Sooner — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:50:24 GMT

I like doing crosswords but in a book so I can work and put it down and pick it up for a glance.

I am addicted to solitaire on line. As a latchkey kid, the cat and I used to play sitting on the bed. When the cat got frustrated, he'd swipe the cards off the bed with his tail.

Enjoyed watching me pick them up I guess.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:55:36 GMT

@Franklinbell wrote:
@QVCkitty1 @I've just started doing crossword. Any recommendations for someone just starting? Thanks!

@Franklinbell , Look on Amazon, they have many puzzle books. Try the New York Magazine Crossword Puzzle Omnibus.

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Franklinbell — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:57:28 GMT

@Sooner @That was funny!

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Franklinbell — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:58:53 GMT

@QVCkitty1 @Thanks! Will do! Trying to hold on to all my "grey matter"! Lol

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Trailrun23 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:02:44 GMT

I agree it is not the same doing the online....the paper and pen is much better: doing online is just cumbersome.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:35:49 GMT

Another vote here for NY Times Crossword Omnibus books. But my true passion is acrostics, specifically Eclectic Acrostics books purchased at Amazon.

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VanSleepy — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:57:17 GMT

My mother had a subscription to the Dell variety puzzles book so I've been doing crosswords and different word and number puzzles since a very young age. My addiction right now is Kakuro.

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sabatini — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:58:28 GMT

I'm glad you brought this up, @QVCkitty1.

Many years ago, both my mom and I were addicted to the Boston Globe's Sunday crossword puzzle. They were the best!

One time when the entire family was spending time at our folk's cottage on the Cape, it was a rainy Sunday, and the whole family participated.

It was good old fashioned fun, & I remember that day with such fondness.

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sabatini — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:11:39 GMT

@Franklinbell wrote:
@QVCkitty1 @I've just started doing crossword. Any recommendations for someone just starting? Thanks!

@Franklinbell, is there a small, hometown daily newspaper in your area?

They often have easy crossword puzzles to solve. That's how I started.

I remember the clue which opened my mind to crosswords. It was a four letter word for "hide"...and the answer turned out to be "pelt", ... & the race was on!

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4kitties — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:12:19 GMT

I enjoy doing crosswords, word searches, and word jumble.

Also jigsaw puzzles. I am trying to get into sudoku but am finding it difficult to enjoy. Trying to keep my brain exercised!

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KathyM23 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:38:41 GMT

I started working crosswords as a teenager and my Mom was also always working puzzles.

As I grew older, working, spending free time reading, I spent less time with crosswords but anytime I was recovering from surgery or an illness the first thing I wanted to do was get puzzle magazines with medium to hard crossword puzzles and other puzzles such as logic, acrostic, jumble, etc.

In a job I had at a small hospital, we had a coffee group in the morning about eight of us regulars. The man in charge of the supplies department was first in to work and the paper was delivered to his department. He would copy the puzzle page for each of us and we did puzzles together during our morning coffee. One of the doctors in our group always amazed me as he was born and grew up in another country with another language, but was a whiz at the puzzles in English.

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Enufstuff — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 03:07:20 GMT

@QVCkitty1 When I was working, I would do crossword puzzles during my lunch time. Now, I do them just before bedtime.

I just buy the paperback ones at the pharmacy and sometimes

I do the ones in Archeology Magazine.

I like having a book and a pen. I don't think that I would enjoy doing them online.