Is it cheating

[brisyd]

There has been a few ideas of helpful sites to help solve crosswords. Very interesting but I use a very useful CD Rom I have of the Collins English Dictionary which has a wordsearch facility which I use as a last resort. I have tried to get an updated version but I do not get a response from Collins!

[jan1956]

Most people use cd roms, google and other sites for the information they need, it is nice to check our answers against ones on the sites you mention. If you look further down this page it has been seen that one answer on a site is diferent to the one that most people have so has shown that the answer sites should only be used for checking. I have a friend who thinks that I cheat by using the internet to find answers as she uses books. I still look up answers so do not consider myself a cheat. Anyway you still have to be picked out of the mail bag to win so what are the odds? I for one will not say no don't send me a cheque as i checked the answers on an internet site.
jan

[allotment10]

i was always told that there's no such thing as cheating, it's called learning! if you've tried your best to find the answer & still none the wiser how are you going to find the answer if you don't ask or keep looking it up ! how can that be cheating ? and when you do find the answer (on google, AB, donslots site, marinacs site, dictionary, or whatever) you've learnt something new, so there you go - no such thing as cheating - it's called learning :-)

[JoolsTwo]

I don't see that it makes any difference whether you check your answers with books or with the internet. Which ever way you do it, you are still learning something new each time. So I think both ways are good.

[jessiedog]

I have looked at donslot and thought how easy it would be to just copy down the answers - but the only person I would be cheating is myself.

I agree that looking up answers for yourself, whether through books or the internet is a method of learning, not cheating.

However, I often kick myself when I know that I should remember something previously looked up and I have forgotten it (yet again) - so I think I don't learn it well enough!

Thank you to donslot - you have helped on occassions and are a very altruistic chap.

[brisyd]

Thanks for the replies. Whatever are donslots and marinacs?

[Maggie-May]

The important thing to remember is, you are keeping your brain busy whatever way you find your answers and it is surprising how many friends I have impressed when I know the answer to a question that I have learned through looking up on whether it be on the internet, google or answerbank - Thank you everybody that has helped me be a more learned person.

[allotment10]

http://www.marinac.f2s.com/comping/marin.html
for tab, thats life & chat.

[allotment10]

http://nightimeuk.com/members/sites/hobbies/do nslot/Solutions.shtml
for the papers etc

[allotment10]

http://nightimeuk.com/members/sites/hobbies/do nslot/Solutions.shtml
for the papers etc
these are donslots & marinacs :-)

[Goofy]

or this site
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/wordg ames/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main