Re: Question about a clue and latest puzzle from CROSSWORD

On Jun 13, 7:02 pm, grammatim <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 13, 12:31 pm, "stei...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <stei...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



2. The puzzle this came from is essentially a
carte blanche, but the clues are in alphabetical
order. I've cold solved over half the clues but
how do you start to place them in the grid? Is it
a matter of enlightened trial and error?
If so, do I have to cold solve all the clues
to get started?
Regards,
Ray Steiner

If there's a diagram, there are probably only one or two answers of a
certain, hopefully very long, length, and that's usually where you
start. Or, if two words begin in the same square, obviously you have
to find two words of the right lengths starting with the same letter.
(Likewise for the last letter.)

I've never seen a puzzle that is both diagramless and unnumbered.

Diagramlesses are rarer and rarer in the variety puzzle magazines.

"Carte blanche" is the UK barred grid puzzle equivalent of
"diagramless".
.

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