During this lock-down crisis I am sure more and more people are taking
to crossword puzzles.
If you haven’t tried them, please do. The easy ones really are very
easy. And with practise you can quickly improve and find yourself wanting to
try slightly trickier ones. When you are a beginner nobody minds if you ‘cheat’
by looking at the answers. After all, if you don’t know the answer how will you
learn without looking it up? You never know, you might become so good at them
you end up being able to win competitions!
Over the years I’ve progressed from small ‘quick’ crosswords up to cryptics.
Not always successfully – it depends whether I can get onto the same wavelength
as the setter.
Another problem I have is knowing or having knowledge of several other
languages. I’ve lost count how many times I have puzzled over an answer which
fits the number of letters but isn’t the right answer. Yup, try fitting an
English word across a Spanish word. Don’t work.
Happy crosswording!
