A polite request

[Clare A]

Oh, I am going to be unpopular for this!

I like to try to help people with their crossword clues,and have them help me with mine, but would it be possible for people to post not only the date and publication the clue appears in, but also:

The full clue. How many words, and how they are divided up.The letters that are filled in and the spaces which are blank.

It sounds obvious, and I don't mean to be rude, but I just ignore those which say 'Daily Mail, 26 across', or 'an antelope', with nothing else to go on. This is a lovely resource, let's make it easy for each other!

 

All the best, Clare.

[keen2learn]

With you all the way, Clare A. I love this site too, but need more info from other users to be able to help.

[kev100]

Couldn't agree more Clare, there isn't much point in just asking "what's 15 across"

[Gill1941]

I also agree. Have not been a member long but is an excellent site.

Much better for everyone if all possible info is given

[jacuk46]

I was just wondering what you thought about the submission further down the page from sam1ellie titled Crossword.  From the 2 answers posted I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't understand!!!

[currie]

Let's confine replies to good hints. I have already had my knuckles rapped for giving away full answers. Makes it far more interesting and a good site then

[inglepingle]

Thankyou for saying what many of us have been thinking !!!!!!

[Clare A]

Thank you all for your support - most appreciated, and it seems it wasn't an unpopular comment at all!

I know what currie means about giving hints rather than answers, but it'd be a bit tantalising if the thing was due to go in the post the next day! A few of us in the local pub do the three crosswords that are to be had between the Sunday Telegraph and Observer each week. The important thing is to acknowledge the contributors, so when ours gets sent in it's 'The Railway Inn Solvers' which gets written on the form. (Adds modestly - we won the Observer Everyman a few weeks ago - a �15.00 book token, which will go on a communal reference work to be kept in the pub). 

[currie]

I take your point, butI feel there are some who do not post a question but who search for 'free' answers

[Clare A]

Yes, I know what you mean, currie. Sometimes it seems people use AB as a first stop, rather than their reference books or the internet before the easy option of just getting another person to answer for them!

[sshipley]

Clare - I'm new here but I think that is spot on! Can you help with my problem - I put the description of my request ("acronym for a universal electronic component that receives and transmits data asynchronously" into Google. Google fingers theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes_and_Puzzles. However, although I find queries from the same crossword (under 26/03 Daily Telegraph GN (sic) I can't find the answer!

Stephen

[sshipley]

Clare

Oops! I should have said 4 letters U-R-

Stephen

[Clare A]

I'm sorry, Stephen, I can't help with that one! A lot of people seem to have asked about it here, though, so you may find that someone else has received an answer - good luck!

I'm stuck on three from Sunday Telegraph GK, 27.3.05:

Winged leaf stalk (4) -a-t. Someone else received the answer 'haft', which is probably right.

False singular word for cow parsley (4) k-c-.

Utterance of an exclamation of impatience (4) -i-h. I think this may be 'tish'.

It's the short words that are the most fiendish! To 'walk my own talk', I've resorted to books and all sorts of websites before asking here!

Thanks, Clare.