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Also, solve what you can in, say, fifteen minutes then put the paper down and go back to it an hour later. Youl'll almost certainly see things that you didn't see first time around.
Good luck.
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I've been cheating a bit and keeping a thesaurus and a list of crossword abbreviations and indicators open at all times, but it's slowly sinking in.
As re. chess, I used to enjoy it as a kid but would deffo need a refresher on the rules as that was quite a while ago now. I might give it a bash.
The crossword thing is just relaxation and switching off after work - stops my head spinning with code well into the evening.
Overloaded Postman is the clue.....
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I'm feeling generous James, don't say I'm not nice to you:
How many letters?
(go on lad, back of the net with it)
The Quiptic ones in the Guardian are a decent half-way though. Sort of watered-down cryptic.
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BBC Radio 4: David Baddiel seeks to understand something which is meant to be puzzling: cryptic crosswords.
My dear old mum does the Times one in pen. The show-off.
Daily Mail ones are a lot easier, but that entails an ethical dilemma akin to using Nazi experimental results.
My take would be to stick with one crossword compiler and get to know how they tick, before moving on, there are some internet sites that will explain the answers you cannot get, allowing you to learn to think the way the compiler does....
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