His background is in engineering and senior management where a significant part of his various roles over the years was helping team members develop their technical and people skills. He also enjoys preparing course material that can be used in class and then serve as reference material after the course finishes. in that time, he has gained an excellent depth of knowledge in the tricks of Cryptic Crosswords, the techniques setters use to try to confound our best efforts.Īs well as enjoying Cryptic Crosswords, Russ finds helping others learn to be very fulfilling. Russ has been enjoying the challenge and the pleasure he gets from solving Cryptic Crosswords for nearly 40 years. No new enrolments will be accepted after the first two weeks so secure your place in the program now. Participants will need to be able to print out some of this information. Reference material and practice crosswords will be supplied in soft copy. Some experience in solving conventional crosswords will assist you in getting started. Previous students have found this to be an enjoyable class, one that builds cryptic crossword solving skills in a supportive and friendly environment. Through the course, you will have some homework to solve clues in real life cryptic crosswords. You will learn how cryptic clues are structured, the various cryptic clue types and work through examples, from anagrams to containers, homophones to reversals, abbreviations to charades. This nine week course will introduce you to the art of solving cryptic crosswords. Looking at words in new ways to find alternative meanings helps to develop parts of the brain not used so often, which boosts your brainpower and memory.Įven better, you get a real buzz when you find the solution to a tricky clue, or you will chuckle at a setter's clever trickery! Cryptic crosswords are a wonderful pastime, but more than that doing them is good for your brain. In this course, you will learn the core skills in solving cryptic crosswords. Join U3A Mornington’s Online Cryptic Crossword CourseĪre cryptic crosswords a mystery to you, but you’d like to have a go? Do you feel like your brain could use a workout? Finding normal crosswords too easy? Then this online course is for you!
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