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Sending Crossword Answers Off - Can you send them in pencil

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yvonnejoyce | 16:50 Tue 14th Oct 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Hi

Completely fedup of using pencil, eraser and then pen, do crossword competitions allow you to send them off in pencil as long as they are readable. Has anybody won a competition when send off in pencil?

This mainly relates to Sir Lancelot and "You" Sunday magazine.

Many thanks in advance.
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I read somewhere that they prefer entries completed in black pen.
There is a type of pen (forget the name of it) it is
ink but can be erased.

I photocopy my crossword first and then copy
once I've checked them.

There is site that gives the answers to You and
�1500 comp late on Sunday or Monday
I photocopy mine as well, if you haven't got a copier lots of paper shops will do for about 5p.
I scan mine, and make all my mistakes on that one, then copy the answers to the original, saves all the messing around with tippex etc.,
hello I do what poortony does , I'm not just katburd I'm a copycat as well, :-) the pen I use is pilot FriXion
Thanks Katburd for the name of the pen, I may invest in one :)
It takes so long to copy over in pen, and I've still made mistakes when copying, will have to invest in pen as well.
Hiya elcee45, I got them from Morrisons supermarket 2 in pack can't remember the price roughly �1.99 or �2.99 no more than that. :-)
I used MS Word to create a 15X15 blank grid. I use this a template to recreate the desired puzzle grid. I can then complete the crossword without having to write on the original grid at all. When I'm happy with the completed grid I write in the solutions and have a neat and tidy entry every time. The added bonus is that I can enlarge the MS Word document on screen to suit my failing eyesight.
I believe that this has improved my solving times.
I compile the annual quiz for St. Guthlac's Ladies' Guild, the answer sheets are returned to me and I mark them. Probably 10% of the entries I see are written in pencil. As long as they are clear, I don't mind.
I use a Papermate "eraser.max" which is an erasable ballpoint
I use papermate replay pen. has a rubber that works well on small squares too! good luck1
I use eraser max too. ASDA often has them on offer. Lovatt's Colossus do NOT accept pencil nor photo copies
What a lot of trouble you go to scan puzzles. I'd be sure to make a simple error copying them out!

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