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petercarlington

21st March 2021, 01:55
Here in Boston Massachusetts, I do the Everyman crossword on Saturday night my time.

Then as a memory test, on Sunday morning, I try to write down every answer to see how many of them I can recall.

I'm happy if I can get 20 or more.

It's interesting how many I just "remember directly", versus others where I have to remember via the clue construction, or maybe by recalling via the anagram process I used to solve.

The last resort is to systematically think through the likely categories that appear in most weeks - e.g. places, historical figures, movies, etc. - to see if this prompts a recall.

Anyway, that's just part of my battle to stem the tide of age, and I was wondering if anyone else does the same thing.
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brendan

21st March 2021, 02:04
Hi Peter,

I do something similar. Once I've completed the puzzle on my laptop and just before I go to bed, I access the Guardian website on my phone and enter all the answers again, and do as many as I can without recourse to the clues:-)
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