# Silly Crossword Observations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-crossword-observations/692647>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-crossword-observations/692647 "2014-07-08T16:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-crossword-observations/692647/1 "2014-07-08T16:31:21Z")

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How often do you get stumped on some crossword clue, enough to Google it, and find the first several hits have “crossword clue” I their description?

I must have had a dozen such things in the past month or so.

Do you have a go-to site for the better puzzles?

I have posted before that my favorite (not quite true-blue crosswords) is [E-Crostic Software](http://quuxware.com/e-crostic/)