Crossword Puzzles. Like Them ?

[Dis]

I start them, but never finish them.

[Laertes]

I love cryptic crosswords, and have done since I was a kid. I find them easier than non-cryptic, because you can be sure you have the answer. In a straight crossword, the range of vocabulary available means you have to solve all the connecting clues before you can be sure you have the right answer.

In the UK, I do the Independent crossword. On Saturday there is a fiendish cryptic puzzle, which always has a complicated theme as an additional twist, such as: "X: One word must be removed from the last x+2 clues before solving. These words provide three thematic items. Their third and fourth letters each spell out a title, and their initial letters can be arranged to form a name with which pairs of the unclued grid entries (entered as jumbles) can be associated. One letter must be misprinted in the answers to the other clues, always confirmed by a clued entry. The correct letters spell out the originator of the above items. Solvers should highlight the thematic alias spelt out in the completed grid"

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While this entertained me for hours, I solved approx 7 of the clues, and they might be wrong.

[Urban Ranger]

Only ones in my native language. Can do the normal ones in English, but not the cryptic ones.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Love 'em, but only find the New York Times puzzle worth the time. The Times puzzle is to other puzzles what chess is to checkers.

But I speak only of American puzzles. I don't know what the heck is going on in those UK things.

[uh Clem]

The NYT puzzle on Saturday is the only conventional (non-cryptic) crossword I do. Sometimes the Thursday & Friday puzzles too, if they're challenging. I like cryptics, too.

[mrmitchell]

Crossword puzzles are okay with me. I don't do them often, but I might now and then.

Now, as for word searches, I want them to go fall in a tar pit.

[Provost Harrison]

Word searches are fine. My real hate: anagrams My brain just doesn't work in the way that allows me to do anagrams...I can't see words. For those of you who know 'Countdown' I struggle to get 4 letter words, and as for conundrums, bah! But the numbers game is a breeze most of the time for me...I am more a numerical kind of person.

[Az]

Crossword Puzzles are good, if they don't demand extreme specialist knowledge, but rather good/great general knowledge.

[Peacemaker]

I love crosswords. Our paper has two crosswords each day. I call it a productive day at work if I can get them both done before I leave.

I also love doing the crypt-a-quote where you have to salve a crypted massage.

[SlowwHand]

Do the puzzles get harder as the week goes by, or is that just my imagination ?

[uh Clem]

NYT puzzles do.

[Comrade Chris]

[RGBVideo]

Crosswords = Good
Yes, I like them...

But where is the legendary "Banana" -option?