Sending Crossword Answers Off - Can you send them in pencil

[yvonnejoyce]

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.

[Stockethill]

I read somewhere that they prefer entries completed in black pen.

[poortony]

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

[kjc]

http://donsaround.googlepages.com/competitione ntries

[Cleveroldun]

I photocopy mine as well, if you haven't got a copier lots of paper shops will do for about 5p.

[elcee45]

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.,

[katburd]

hello I do what poortony does , I'm not just katburd I'm a copycat as well, :-) the pen I use is pilot FriXion

[elcee45]

Thanks Katburd for the name of the pen, I may invest in one :)

[atsgran]

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.

[katburd]

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. :-)

[congming88]

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.

[DSJ]

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.

[tyrepill]

I use a Papermate "eraser.max" which is an erasable ballpoint

[incainez]

I use papermate replay pen. has a rubber that works well on small squares too! good luck1

[Tallulah!]

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!