Crossword comps

[scotgal]

Being fairly new to this site I see there's a lot of serious crossword buffs out there. What I want to know is do any of you actually submit your completed crosswords (I admit I'm too lazy) and more importantly do you ever win?

[novalis]

I send in the six Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph crosswords each week ( assuming I struggle through the EV ) and have been lucky enough enough to win on all but the Herculis over the years. ( Still have some Telegraph playing cards!! ) For me though the fun is pitting my wits against those of the compilers and learning something new. Winning is an added bonus.

[scotgal]

Well done novalis! I'm well impressed. I'm with you on the fun element - for me I like the general knowledge and anagram based crosswords and feel quite a sense of achievement when I finish one. As you say you're always learning something new.

[gen2]

I used to submit and had a small win about 10 years ago (�25 book token). I continued to submit for about a year longer and then decided I was probably spending more on postage than I was ever likely to win so now only do the crosswords for fun. Mostly cryptic - only attempt GK puzzles if I'm really bored and have nothing else to do.

[greyfox]

"For me though the fun is pitting my wits against those of the compilers and learning something new. Winning is an added bonus."

Nicely put novalis though I'm clearly more addicted than yourself as I send in solutions to a range of 'quality' cryptics weekly. Over the many years I've won prizes on almost all, some several times. I'll die happy and go to heaven if an Azed prize comes my way. I'll reach nirvana if I win the Listener(much more unlikely as I only submit 2-3 a year).

[JCL53]

I won the Daily Record last week .500 lovely quid !
Had a small win on my Puzzle Monthly Book the week before and as everything comes in threes ,so they reckon, I am just waiting for another one, but seriously ,I have had lots of little wins over the years that I have been submitting crosswords and that's an awful lot of a lot of years .
I regularly send in several from newspapers,magazines and crossword books I subscribe to .It's all the luck of the draw .
I just like doing crosswords especially cryptics.I have been addicted since I was knee high to a grasshopper and if I win that's an added bonus .And it's good for the old grey matter anyway.Use it or lose it .

[glasman]

I help out here . However, my sister and brother are avid 'senders in' of crosswords so I help them out a lot. I rarely send any in myself.

[Dee Sa]

I once won �200 + almanac for the Sat GK Telegraph crossword, I was really pleased and also all the nice comments from A/B ers as I was fairly new to the site.
Never won a bean "big time" since, although I do get the odd tenner on the local rag crossword.
On reflection I must have spent more than my win on postage as I send off about 6 to 7 a week.
ever hopeful Dee