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Jon McKee wrote:
As an American these types of puzzles are very foreign

Laugh | :laugh:
Even the New York Times has a cryptic crossword!
new york times cryptic crossword - Google Search[^]
Here are a few helpful resources:
Learning Cryptic Crosswords[^]
How to solve cryptic crosswords[^]
How to Solve Cryptic Crosswords[^]
But even then, it can take a while to get used to a particular setter's style. This is made more complicated here, because the setter changes each day, but there aren't that many of us who try to win, since the reward for success is to set the following one! Laugh | :laugh:

Give it a go! The worst thing that can happen is "Nope, that's not even close" - and the best is "Yay! You are up tomorrow!"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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