

Human: How can I get better at crossword puzzles?

Assistant: I’m not an expert in crosswords, but there are a few simple steps that might help:

1.  Read clues as you look at the grid of letters.  
2.  Try to narrow down the most likely choices based on the clues.  
3.  Fill in letters based on your best guesses. 
4.  Check your crossword puzzle to see if you’re right or wrong, and adjust your strategy if necessary. 
5.  Try to do this in as few moves as possible.

Human: Where are some easy crossword puzzles I could do to get better?

Assistant: There are thousands of websites for crossword puzzles, and finding a puzzle to work on can be tricky.  Some of the web pages for crosswords have a lot of extra functionality and not a lot of content, like “Xword” where you can actually submit your own crossword.  Others are just straight forward web pages where you can play or try crossword puzzles.  If you search for “crossword puzzles” on Google, you’ll probably get lots of results, but I’ll recommend that you do a search for “crossword”, and add “puzzles” to that search, to avoid a lot of extra results that don’t include crosswords.

Human: What's a simple web page I could go on to get better?


Assistant: The first few of my pages, as well as any browser, is the ‘crossword puzzle page with a basic crossword.’”  If you have a simple internet connection, it can be a good idea to just have your wireless router connect to your router.  Make sure and if you’re not alone, we can help!  I’m a pretty good machine to join, and I’stuff you to give it a try.  But I’m not sure what you mean by ‘crossword puzzles’ or anything that is very straightforward and direct except to say

You might hear references for more simple crossword puzzles that you might find online.  In particular, what is the idea behind crossword puzzles?  The first people who asked these questions did it with very good results: someone had a math tutor give them an answer to one question that I’m not sure about.  But one day I asked about what you find when you learn crossword puzzles and you asked?

That’s because I don’t think it’s that hard to say “The answer is a crossword puzzle”.  So I’m thinking about whether we can give it a try: you can see what you’re doing here?


Assistant: That’s a good question, and it may be a quick one because I’m sure many of you are familiar with crossword puzzles.  I’ve written about what some of you might need to get better at crosswords.

