Solving crosswords was one of the most popular time-killers years ago, and even today, despite the onslaught of casual gaming, crosswords remain one the best ways to spent your leisure hours. Besides keeping you occupied, it also expands your English vocabulary.
Most newspapers daily publish a crossword, and several online databases make thousands of them available at your disposal 24X7. Tempting crosswords on every topic under the sun (And some beyond it) can be easily found in such databases.
But, given that you are doing a good quality crossword that isn't made for 10 year olds, tempting as they may be, there are always questions that leave you stumped, and leave them white spaces empty, much to the frustration of true crossword lovers.
While the method I'm going to suggest to get around such issues may not appeal much to "true crossword lovers", I'm very sure there are many who would either do this, or just leave the white spaces blank.
Googling, of course , is the first thought that jumps to one's mind. But even with the efficiency of Google, you'll either get nothing, or a link to a crossword solving website, such as http://www.the-crossword-solver.com .
This website is the ultimate search engine to find the evasive final word from the mocking clues to fill the white spaces and your heart. While this can be considered as cheating, well, desperate times call for desperate measures, and there may not be a better alternative to solve a crossword if you are desperate.
The description at the homepage of the website says:
"Crossword Solver uses a database of over 350,000 words, 118,000 definitions, 2.5 million thesaurus entries and an ever expanding database of clues to provide you with the answers to your unsolved crossword puzzles and clues. Our universal search will check for definitions, synonyms, clues and missing letters giving you all of the help you could ever need to solve your puzzle."
Pretty good, huh?
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