![]() BUT if one looks up an answer in a dictionary, or other source of information that is not connected to the puzzle directly.that, in my opinion, is NOT cheating, after all any answers we know had to be acquired from some source.Īs a twenty-five-year New York Times crossword solver, I can assure you that the Sunday puzzles are only average in difficulty. If anon6272 means looking up an answer from a printed answer in the paper or book, I would say that would be cheating. If you knew all the answers to the crossword, what would be the point in doing them in the first place? What good does it do you, and how much have you learned if most of the puzzle is left incomplete? I don't think getting some help with crossword puzzles is cheating at all. I gave up and bought a book with beginning level crosswords. This left me very frustrated as I looked at this entire crossword puzzle and had no idea what the answers to the rest of the puzzle were. When I first started trying to complete these, I only came up with a few answers. I only get the Sunday paper, so don't have access to their other crossword puzzles during the week. If you are new to crossword puzzles I wouldn't recommend starting with the New York Times Sunday edition puzzle. If this is for some type of competition, then you should not have any advantage that other people don't have as well. If this is just for your fun and enjoyment, I see nothing wrong with getting some help. I think it depends on the circumstances and the reason you are competing the puzzle if you are cheating or not. If she was stumped and knew she couldn't go any farther, then she would get out the dictionary and see what she could find. ![]() I don't think she ever considered that as cheating. The only thing she had was a dictionary that might give her an idea of what she was looking for. She didn't have the internet to run to if she needed to look up an answer. Over the years she became very good at it, but this took a lot of time and practice. I think this is one of the biggest reasons she even got the paper in the first place. My grandma loved doing the crossword puzzles in the paper. Until he starts doing the crossword puzzles himself, I don't think he has any idea how hard some of them can be. My husband sees this differently and always gives me a hard time if he sees me looking up the answer. Since I am just doing this for my own enjoyment and to keep my brain active, I don't see this as cheating. I like to buy the crossword puzzle books that have the answers printed in the back. Because sometimes the questions in these puzzles are not common knowledge at all. That's how I learned how to do crossword puzzles in the first place. ![]() When the answers get printed in the paper, I check my answers and I look up the answers to the ones I couldn't answer. So what I usually do is I work on the puzzle and answer as much as I can. Some newspapers will actually print the answers to free crossword puzzles that were printed in the paper a day or two ago. How can I learn if I don't know what the answer is and have no way of finding out? After all, like the article said, this is an exercise for fun and to learn something new. I absolutely agree that unless you're doing a school assignment, looking up answers to a crossword puzzle is not cheating. ![]() Doing the rest of the puzzle wasn't fun anymore. But when I saw the answer, I realized I would have figured it out if I had given myself some more time. There have been a couple of times where I cheated and looked up an answer or two. I actually like it when the puzzle is difficult and it takes me time to figure answers out. Just like if you were to make your own crossword puzzles and then compete with someone else to answer them! If you're going to cheat with crossword puzzles, might as well not do them at all.įor me, looking up the answers to a crossword puzzle takes the fun away. So what if it's cheating? It's just a puzzle!Īugust 27, Yea, that's true. If I get stuck and can't answer a question and that prevents me from completing the puzzle, I will look it up. And sometimes you need to figure out one answer so that you can guess the others. But I'm not like you, I wouldn't be able to figure out some of the answers even if I thought about them for hours. If looking up answers to do crosswords is cheating, then I'm a cheater.
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