Top 10 Crossword Tips  Crossword Tip #1: Quick crosswords
Crossword puzzles tend to be basically ‘quick’ or ‘cryptic’. A
quick crossword usually relies on a one- or two-word clue which
is a simple definition of the answer required.  Many words have
different meaning, so that the clue ‘ball’ could lead to the
answer ‘sphere’, ‘orb’, or ‘dance’. The skill to solving quick
crosswords is working out which of these possible answers is
correct. The best approach is to fill the puzzle in tentatively
until your answers begin to interlink and you can be confident
you’re on the right track.  If you do find yourself stuck, and
you’ve tried thinking about the clue this way and that, then it
may be the solution is simply a word you don’t know yet.
Referring to a dictionary, thesaurus or other reference work is
not cheating! Get hunting around in one and you’ll soon ferret
the answer out.  Crossword Tip #2 - Cryptic crosswords  If you
don’t think puns are funny and have no time for riddles then
you’re going to hate crypti