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  • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

    Wait, what's a British style crossword puzzle?

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    @ShiroKuro said in Crossword puzzles:

    Wait, what's a British style crossword puzzle?

    +1

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aum么nier

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      AndyD
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      Three usual types

      General knowledge20250922_232817.jpg

      Concise(synonyms)
      20250922_232942.jpg

      Cryptic
      20250922_232733.jpg

      Then we have grid types with direction arrows

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        Feel free to help
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          Feel free to help
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          @AndyD said in Crossword puzzles:

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          Have you ever seen a patternless crossword puzzle? All white squares. No numbers in the puzzle. You have to figure out where the words start/end and fill in the black squares...

          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aum么nier

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            6 Down in the concise is probably "mole", as in a birthmark.

            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aum么nier

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              17 Down, the garden tool, "fork".

              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aum么nier

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                @AndyD said in Crossword puzzles:

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                Have you ever seen a patternless crossword puzzle? All white squares. No numbers in the puzzle. You have to figure out where the words start/end and fill in the black squares...

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                @wtg said in Crossword puzzles:

                Have you ever seen a patternless crossword puzzle? All white squares. No numbers in the puzzle. You have to figure out where the words start/end and fill in the black squares...

                OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 馃槄

                @AndyD so maybe the general knowledge one is closest to US crosswords?

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                  8 across in concise, "racy"

                  The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                    In concise, I think 17 down is "rake" and 18 across is "mass"

                    The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                      Also in concise, I think 13 down is "cravat" and 19 across is "reaction"

                      The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                        15 down - transit?

                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aum么nier

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                          20 across - welt

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                            Jumbo General Knowledge, 48 across, I think "honeybee"

                            This one should be called trivia. I'm not good at trivia.

                            The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                              Here are another two variations, same weekend 8 page pullout
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                              I feel this latter is closest to yours in that any answer is an aid to multiple other clues.

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                                This, (along with picwits from the Daily Mail) is my favourite puzzle, quite
                                do-able; I've left the final answer for... you

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                                  Thanks folks, now only 5d remaining.
                                  No googling!!! Lol.

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                                    Is 5d recess?

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