Crossword puzzles

[AndyD]

Who knew ours are different to yours. In design and content.
The ipaper 8 pages of puzzles had an American style this weekend along with the usual British concise, cryptic and general knowledge

[ShiroKuro]

Wait, what's a British style crossword puzzle?

[wtg]

@ShiroKuro said in Crossword puzzles:

Wait, what's a British style crossword puzzle?

+1

[AndyD]

Three usual types

General knowledge

Concise(synonyms)

Cryptic

Then we have grid types with direction arrows

[AndyD]

Feel free to help

[wtg]

@AndyD said in Crossword puzzles:

Feel free to help

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...

[wtg]

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

[wtg]

17 Down, the garden tool, "fork".

[ShiroKuro]

@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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

[Bernard]

8 across in concise, "racy"

[Bernard]

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

[Bernard]

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

[wtg]

15 down - transit?

[wtg]

20 across - welt

[Bernard]

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

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

[AndyD]

Here are another two variations, same weekend 8 page pullout

I feel this latter is closest to yours in that any answer is an aid to multiple other clues.

[AndyD]

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

[AndyD]

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

[dolmansaxlil]

Is 5d recess?