Oh I LOVE a crossword! My mum passed on her love of them to me. I find them so relaxing and definitely mentally stimulating. I rarely ever get time to do them these days, but I used to do them daily in our Herald Sun newspaper. I like the cryptic ones too, but only if they have normal clues too LOL!

I have read that older people that do crosswords aren't likely to get Alzheimer's disease

Do you have a crossword dictionary? Mine is very worn these days, but I use an online one most of the time now (when I do actually get to do a crossword). I just got an anagram book sent over from the UK to give to my mum to help her with the cryptic crosswords. Her old anagram book got worn to death!

It's great to meet someone else who loves them