Yesterday I completed the Western Australian Newspaper 28 clue crossword. Whoo Hoo.
Give me a medal to pin on my chest. 
I always have a copy of Mr Wisdoms Crossword book.
This is full of 400 clue crossword puzzles. If undisturbed, I can complete one of these in under an hour. With an average of 20 words I do not know.
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I tried, several times, to get back into doing crosswords, but Iām hooked on āCodewordā puzzles, instead, now. I like all of these wordy type of puzzles, but I long ago learned not to do them just before trying to sleep. Also, all such puzzles are great exercise for the brainy bits - very few people think that they need such things to strengthen their minds.
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I do crosswords and a few other things like Scrabble. More recently I like Words With Friends. I quite often play with my son and my sister.
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Sometimes.I have a problem with most of them though.They are either too easy or too hard.
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The too easy ones means you have plenty of words in your head. The too hard ones shows that you do not have enough words in your head. 
You should change your name to Confucius
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Confused Confucius 
Iāve been doing the cryptic crossword in the Daily Mail for quite a while now. Never ever finished it mind, as itās a real mother. I challenge myself to get at least six clues or more. Some words in the answers, Iāve never heard of, so I make a point of looking them up online. 
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Two letters, opposite to yes. To affirm the negative.
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In my childhood we had a washing machine home of the manual type which was a dragā¦
Occasionally, we went to the local laundry shop on main street. It took for ever. In order to prevent boredom, Papa and I did crosswords.
However, I stopped completely in 1969ā¦ I was sitting at the kitchen table doing on Sunday crossword in the newspapers accumulated during the week. My back was to the back door.
I had trouble with a particularly difficult word acrossā¦ Suddenly, a woosh of wind blew the screen door opened and slammed closed. I jumped out of my skin, when I calmed down a weighty coldness touched my shoulder and in my ear, I heard my granduncle (who was a chess, checkers and crosswords champion) whisper in my ear the answer to my query.
The word was the correct answer ā¦ the wind blew the door again. Papa sent it in and we shared the winning weekly prize.
Nevertheless, it was the last time I touched one as years later I tried and the same situation happened again. My granduncle died November 1966.
Cheers!
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Yes. I just donāt want to.
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Yes I am into crosswords and I also compose for a publishing house for pocket money and my favourite single malt, although I am considering stopping this time consumer.
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I have never been able to get my head around those dastardly cryptics
Let me get back to you on that 
Wow, what an amazing experience. We really do not know what goes on when we die. 
I can understand why. Crosswords fill your mind with words you might never use.
Compose crossword puzzles?
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I have a go at the cryptic crossword in the Telegraph every day. I was shown how to attempt cryptic ones some years ago and have completed a few since then. I think when you do them over a period of time you begin to get to know the compilerās little nuances. It seems to me that the Telegraph has a range of compilers - anyway, thatās my excuse for being able to complete some and not others 
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I havenāt graduated past Sudoku yet, but then, Iām more of a numbers manā¦Words fail meā¦
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I did attempt cryptics a long time ago. Never was able to get my head around them. Looking at the completed crossword, I could still not work out how the answers came to be. 
Total opposite here. Words man, numbers go over the top of my head.
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We must always remember the words of Edward Bulwer-Lytton ā¦ āthe pen is mightier than the swordā and thatās a phrase I entirely agree with 
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So true. I am a letter writer, Letters to the editor, letters to politicians, submissions to parliamentary enquiries, letters to businesses.
If something gets my gander up you can be assured I will pen a succinct letter.
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Iām retired now but I used to send a lot of business letters to from companies. Most of these were in electronic format (Word) but for a final quotation for a project was usually hard copy.
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When I was working I used to do the Sydney Morning Herald cryptic crossword every day (except Friday) but when I retired I stopped after the SMH went to tabloid format, havenāt done them since
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