You Be The Judge...

[blulilacgrl]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

 

[ross22]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

The question is, why am I doing this puzzle? If it's for enjoyment, relaxation and a learning experience, then you are not cheating. If you are in a competition with yourself or against others then it's cheating.
So have fun and tell him to mind his own business unless there is a bet involved - cash or sexual favors lol

 

[KinkyLaughs]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

Cheating.

 

[blulilacgrl]

The question is, why am I doing this puzzle? If it's for enjoyment, relaxation and a learning experience, then you are not cheating. If you are in a competition with yourself or against others then it's cheating.
So have fun and tell him to mind his own business unless there is a bet involved - cash or sexual favors lol[/QUOTE

I don't know why. Just to see if I can. I started on Easy and have worked my way up to Hard. But Hard is well....hard. lol

Cheating.

Damn it!! Really? Okay fine. Hubby wins this one.


Anyone else need an argument or simple disagreement decided? Step on up and put it before the Court of Litsters.

 

[Acktion]

Total cheat! Stay after class to clean the... erasers, young lady!

Everybody knows that you are supposed to figure out what you don't know from the words crossing it. And what you still can't figure out, you make dirty. That's the part that makes it fun for us hubbies.

Sheesh.

 

[KinkyLaughs]

Damn it!! Really? Okay fine. Hubby wins this one.


Anyone else need an argument or simple disagreement decided? Step on up and put it before the Court of Litsters.

Haha. Sorry. Good idea for a thread at least.

 

[JerseyJade]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

Nope. I would do the same.

 

[blulilacgrl]

Total cheat! Stay after class to clean the... erasers, young lady!

Everybody knows that you are supposed to figure out what you don't know from the words crossing it. And what you still can't figure out, you make dirty. That's the part that makes it fun for us hubbies.

Sheesh.

You call it cheating. I call it educating myself. But I put it before the judge and must accept the ruling. *sigh*

 

[Mr_bogey]

Yes, it's cheating. The question is do you care. The puzzle is to test your knowledge and to see if you can figure out what you don't know buy solving other clues. Sometimes that doesn't work. What else are you gonna do?

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

Nope. How else are you going to learn?

 

[OGMG]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

My dad used to say, you’re only cheating yourself.

So if you don’t care, he shouldn’t.

 

[SassySheDevil]

The question is, why am I doing this puzzle? If it's for enjoyment, relaxation and a learning experience, then you are not cheating. If you are in a competition with yourself or against others then it's cheating.
So have fun and tell him to mind his own business unless there is a bet involved - cash or sexual favors lol

I agree with this... But I only google after I've tried everything. Eventually I want the answers so I can improve in the future/learn new words.

 

[Sundayschild]

I agree with this... But I only google after I've tried everything. Eventually I want the answers so I can improve in the future/learn new words.

Write the look-ups in red. Hopefully there will be less red as time goes on.

Assuming I'm not showing my age and you're playing digitally of course

 

[jaF0]

Nope. How else are you going to learn?

Exactamundo. Puzzles are learning exercises. What you don't know, you look up so you can learn something new.

Like this: G is one of many search engines. It is a company. It is not a process. You search for some thing, you don't G for it.

And DuckDuckGo is a search engine that does not track your searches and try to sell your personal information.

 

[SassySheDevil]

Write the look-ups in red. Hopefully there will be less red as time goes on.

Assuming I'm not showing my age and you're playing digitally of course

I do both but I like that idea.

 

[button_fly]

According to these recommendations for solving the NY Times crossword
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/crosswords/how-to-solve-a-crossword-puzzle
"It’s Not Cheating, It’s Learning"

Although if you need something more ironclad, just use magic marker to write on the back of a napkin: "Croswerd house ruls: Google isok" and put it in a frame over the fireplace mantle.
and then search all you want and it's legal according to the house rules.

My inlaws play scrabble open dictionary with a laminated list of accepted two-letter words that are not in said dictionary that has been used by their family for over 30 years. Cheating in my house. Perfectly fine in theirs. Just don't try to bust out the 2-letter list in a tournament.

 

[jaF0]

Although if you need something more ironclad, just use magic marker to write on the back of a napkin: "Crossword house rules: Google is SpyWare" and put it in a frame over the fireplace mantle.

Fixed your post.

 

[blulilacgrl]

According to these recommendations for solving the NY Times crossword
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/crosswords/how-to-solve-a-crossword-puzzle
"It’s Not Cheating, It’s Learning"

Although if you need something more ironclad, just use magic marker to write on the back of a napkin: "Croswerd house ruls: Google isok" and put it in a frame over the fireplace mantle.
and then search all you want and it's legal according to the house rules.

My inlaws play scrabble open dictionary with a laminated list of accepted two-letter words that are not in said dictionary that has been used by their family for over 30 years. Cheating in my house. Perfectly fine in theirs. Just don't try to bust out the 2-letter list in a tournament.

Aha!! Appealed to a higher court and I win! Not cheating!!

Thank you!

I’m also going to judge that your hub arguing about this is petty. He needs a hobby.

To be fair it's more of a teasing thing not a major disagreement.

It's actually what I was going for on this thread. That people could bring petty or silly disagreements to light and get a ruling (in fun of course) on who is right.

Although I agree with you on he needs a hobby.

 

[Varykino]

Avid crossworder here.

I would advise finishing to the best of your ability, then researching what may have gone wrong or right when the spaces have been filled. Over 20 plus years, you do learn and retain facts as well as common crossword tropes such as 3 and 4 letter words not in common use today. Like a scout, do your best! Will Shortz is watching!

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

Although I agree with you on he needs a hobby.

I think you should become his hobby. Guys will spend time & money on their hobbies.

 

[Andrewlongcock]

You know sometimes we all need a third party objective judgement call. Why not throw the issue here?


Hubby and I are having a disagreement. Lately I've become a bit obsessed with crossword puzzles. But he says I'm cheating when I look up information. For example today a clue was "inventor of the violin ______ Amati". I was stumped so I googled the for the answer. To clarify I googled "who invented the violin" and found the answer.

YBTJ....am I cheating?

I like that “house rules” answer, whatever is good in your house is good in your house.

I also saw that Will Shortz reference, I recall hearing him on something, think it was a podcast, was really nice hearing him talk about puzzles.

 

[Dribble]

If you can ask a person....what is a 6 letter word for...starts with a...and that is ok...then so is a Google search. However, it does take something away. It would be like playing Skyrim and watching a video of a dungeon before you enter...or knowing how to obtain that special armor. For me, any game is better blind

 

[Jada59]

Not cheating. There are even crossword puzzle dictionaries. But... I have hear that doing them hampers your psychic abilities, if you're so inclined that way.

 

[Acktion]

If you can ask a person....what is a 6 letter word for...starts with a...and that is ok...then so is a Google search. However, it does take something away. It would be like playing Skyrim and watching a video of a dungeon before you enter...or knowing how to obtain that special armor. For me, any game is better blind

Ok, I've got nerd wood now. And, yeah, you had me at Skyrim before you got around to running the dungeons blind.


Although, I stand by my earlier assertion as someone who's late wife did the crosswords and sudoku and such. I teased her about it, too. And it was so much more fun for me when she would fill in... ***cough***... "salacious" terms for any words she didn't know.

This was a hobby!

But, by the same token, as long as she wasn't asking me every five minutes what a word was (and yes, I can pervert anything), it was her puzzle and she could have fun any way she liked.

 

[Orchidea73]

Avid crossworder here.

I would advise finishing to the best of your ability, then researching what may have gone wrong or right when the spaces have been filled.

That's what I do too.