Crossword answers

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> 
> This can't be the vaunted Times crossword--it seems way too easy!  
Or 
> do they get harder as the week goes on, as in the NY Times?  I also 
> thought British crosswords were all cryptics (that's what we call 
the 
> ones with the puns and anagrams in the US).
> 


No, that was the Times Two crossword. It used to be called the Quick 
Crossword, but I guess they got Image Consultants in who decided that 
the original name was too descriptive!

*the* Times Crossword is indeed a cryptic one. It takes most people a 
while to complete (though I think the record is about seven minutes - 
I did it in ten minutes once, though normally nowhere near that!) The 
Competition ones are real swines. If you want an example I can post 
one.


Wotan