Crossword puzzles

[ontarioice]

Can anyone tell me where I can get access to decent crosswords such as the UK folks all seem to have. If I do do a crossword on the internet from a UK site (few available) I find myself at a disadvantage if some person in the UK is doing the same crossword and requires help - I am five hours behind and by the time I get around to helping their query has been answered. I do come into my own at night when all the folks "over the pond" are in bed and I can pick up some loose ends and unanswered questions. Must say that all the UK folks seem like a great bunch and I'm happy to join with them on this site.

[poorclare]

Welcome aboard

[JoolsTwo]

Try this one

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/landing_pag e.php -

When you get the page up look to the left and look for
-crossword - and you can print it off. It comes out monthly towards the end of the month this last one came out Thurs I think. Where about - Over the pond - are you?

[ontarioice]

Thanks for the welcome poorclare and thanks JimJools for your crossword info. I have accessed it and bookmarked it. In answer to your question, I am in South-Western Ontario, Canada - hot and humid at 40C today. So stay cool in your 30 degrees! Ha!

[JoolsTwo]

We just got back from Toronto last Saturday. It was hot and humid then too. Are you far from there?

[JoolsTwo]

Just answered my own question. South West No your not near Toronto are you. Not my strong point geography.

[ontarioice]

Another four hours drive south from the big TO. We're the most southerly point in Ontario, further south than Northern California. Lake Erie is our playground.

[pandabear]

Welcome ontarioce

The bad news is the Generalist (for August) has already been done and dusted!!

This monthly xword from Prospect Magazine comes out around 25th day of the month (I do not know, but maybe there is a precise dating for when this xwod is available online?)

Are there any online xwords on your side of the big pond? - maybe us old folks over this side of the pond could improve our knowledge?

[ontarioice]

Hi Panda Bear
I shall wait patiently until next month for the Generalist. As far as crosswords on this side of the pond - few and far between, at least in this area of Ontario. There is a good Saturday one in the Toronto "Globe and Mail." I've never actually looked to see if it was online, but will do and let you know. Right now we are about to go out for supper. (Chinese nosh tonight) but I'll be online tomorrow. Unfortunately, the Sunday Express will be finished by you lot when I sign on. By the way, my bro-in-law scans it and emails it to me. My weekly treat.

[shaneystar2]

Hi ontarioice and welcome to AB.
Here are some links you may find useful

http://www.crossword-puzzles.co.uk/
http://www.bryson.ltd.uk/wglinks.html
Also http://www.lovatts.com.au/
..they are only in The UK and down under at the moment but will be branching out into North America and Canada soon.
Happy puzzling.

[macpark]

pandabear has slightly misled you. The generalist for August only came out on Thursday and doesn't have to be sent in until 11th August so you have plenty of time if you so wish. You may have to hunt back a few pages if you want any help but you can always use the search feature.

[lady_p_gold]

I don't understand why you are five hours behind ... if you do it on a Saturday morning then you can be doing it at the same time as us ... just subscribe to the Daily Telegraph or Times crossword and then you can go in and print it out !

[ontarioice]

Thanks to Shaneystar2 especially for the Lovatt's site which seem to be quite popular.
Also thanks to macpak - if we are writing about the same crossword then 12A clue is Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong?
lady-p-gold; the time difference between the UK and Ontario, Canada is five hours so if you are doing your crossword at 9 in the morning I am (hopefully) still asleep as it is only 4 a:m Ontario time.

[ontarioice]

Postscript to lady-p-gold.
Both the Times and the Telegraph require one to subscribe in sterling to access their crosswords. I don't wish to become entangled with the money exchange involved.

[Brooksy]

Us Brits whinge about our climate, but yours seems to go 40 degrees one way past zero & 40 degrees the other!! Visitors to the UK always comment on how many quality newspapers are available here.

[ontarioice]

To Brooksy: Yes you do have quality newspapers in the UK and also, like ourselves, some trash as well.
Yes, our climate is like a yo-yo, but in this part of Ontario at least our winters are milder. Coldest it's been since we moved here has been -20C. When we lived further north in Ontario we used to bundle up for -40C.

[Brooksy]

Hardy types you Canadians, the coldest I`ve known it in "Sarf London" was -9 back in the 80`s when all my pipes froze up. & yes, I agree with you that we have several trash newspapers.

[lady_p_gold]

What I meant was I do the crossword with someone who lives in Los Angeles .... it is his morning and my afternoon as they are 8 hours behind .

[ontarioice]

Hi lady_p_gold
It's now 10 a:m here in Ontario and I am about to print out my Sunday Express UK crossword. I presume that most folks in the UK will have most of it, or all of it done by now as it is 3 in the afternoon there. It is kind of you to wait for you friend in Los Angeles so that you can do the crossword together. Nice lady.

[ontarioice]

To shaneystar2
Thanks very much for the sites re crossword puzzles. A lot of them require fees and registration, but there are still enough freebies left over for me to have my fill. I appreciate your input.

[lady_p_gold]

And then we play Literati in the evening while it is his afternoon !!! I think we are just addicted to words!