The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords from The Irish Times

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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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Not only does the wordplay tell us which letters we will need for the solution, but it usually also guides us as to how to arrange these letters; ie which go first, whether they should appear backwards or jumbled up in the solution, and so on.

Perfect size,I carry this around in my handbag all the time so I can do a bit of crosswording when I have to wait for someone or when I'm on my lunch break.

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. 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. Also, you cannot participate in the competition if you are family, agent or are professionally related to the people associated to the crossword competition.

As with language learning, fluency takes practice, and mistakes are commonplace in the beginning and beyond.All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. Practice makes perfect: Like learning a new language, practice is the only way to develop fluency in this game. The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords combines the first two bestselling titles in the Simplex series in a new edition. Set on 36 acres of grounds and just one hour south of Dublin, Marlfield House is a romantic and charming country house hotel. The tricky part lies not in learning a long and boring list of acronyms and abbreviations, but rather in deciphering which section of the clue is which, a skill that requires patience, practice and a whole lot of brainstorms.