The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords from The Irish Times

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Share a pot of coffee with a like-minded enthusiast and compare brainstorms for greater solving success. Also, these puzzles are much more focused on precisely meaningful words, puns, and anagrams, and less of pop-culture/art/historical trivia words and phrases (such as in NYT), which can be difficult if you're a different generation from when the puzzle was created. The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords combines the first two bestselling titles in the Simplex series in a new edition. Solve with a friend: Nothing beats fresh eyes for seeing a word in a different context, or spotting an indicator you were sure was a definition.

Irish Times Simplex Crossword Author: The settler for Irish Times simplex crosswords over the past twenty years has been Mary O’Brien. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Take a look at my top tips for beginner solvers and give it a go – I promise your brain does work like that. Although, if you wish to participate in the competition, you need to be a resident of Ireland and must be minimum 18 years of age. I also like that nearly all words cannot be completed just by default by completing adjacent words; you have to think harder for the answers.

Languages other than English, including Irish, feature heavily in the Crosaire, and always add an extra challenge for the solver. Irish times crossword keep their readers engaged by coming up with something new every day even if they do not follow any theme in particular.

Unlike crosaire crosswords where the clues are hidden in the question in a twisted format, here the player will have to really enhance on his knowledge in terms of a variety of topics and subjects. If you wish to enter the competition by completing the print version, you will need to post the completed puzzle.

Doctor had a nice big estate in Latin America” (8) is a recent Crosaire anagram clue, with the anagram indicator here being “Doctor” as a verb, meaning to change or amend something. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.

I understand that when the competition closes on Monday, January 15 th, 2024, my personal information, which was gathered as part of the competition, will be deleted. Also, you cannot participate in the competition if you are family, agent or are professionally related to the people associated to the crossword competition. I now run a social media page where my mission is to democratise cryptic crosswords, one clue at a time, taking viewers through common codes and indicators while generally demystifying the enigmatic process of solving cryptic crosswords. The most common thread in my TikTok comment section echoes the sentiment that “my brain doesn’t work like this” or “I could never in a million years have solved that clue”.