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Same answer, different crossword

amalgam | 12:22 Mon 26th May 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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I am puzzled because quite often the same answer (eg "pupa"), and virtually the same clue, appears in different crosswords within a few days of each other.

Why is this? Do the setters work for more than one newspaper? The time lag is normally short, so they can't really be copying each other, I would have thought.

sundy world

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mipth

yes i guess you are right..same crossword writers. i find u can identify their style very ofte. Alice and Alun owen..chris feetenby.etc.. i often find same questions different paper etc. may i say here i do not think it matters what source i.e. newspaper etc.the crossword comes from..just great to learn anfd enjoy..also grweat thaty so many SHARE.. thanks a lot...

mipth

they may wll take the questions from the same source..ie.crossword and puzzle provisions there are many books on general knowledge that ie. eggheads etc use .the computer is a great leveller..there are many very bright people who may have dyslexia..stammer etc..or just gaining a great deal of education from those good guys out there ! snobbery doesnt fit in well ?? it is a portal for everyone used correctly..what do you say ??

sannox

I have noticed that on The Weakest Link some questions from the crosswords I do come up about a week or so later. Anyone else noticed this? I do the Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express Magazine and The Big Monday Express crosswords.

amalgam

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I must make it clear that I don't have any objection to this happening, I just wondered why?

mipth: I agree that the computer is a great window on the world. I am nearly 84, house bound, and a little deaf, so I rely on it a lot to communicate with others. It's great! And I don't have any objection at all to people discussing crossword and quizz answers either and quite often post anwers for them.

amalgam

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sannox: I don't now watch The Weakest Link, unless someone I know is on it, but yes, I had noticed the phenomenon you mention. I don't like the way they vote off the person who is likely to beat them though!

mipth

amalgam. great stuff....

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