crucigramas

[rolfdog]

Does anybody have a link to new york times quality crosswords in spanish?

Along with newspaper headlines, it is another tool to gain fluency. IMO it is the epitome of fluency. I never see someone (no matter how well educated) with english as their second language, tackle a sunday crossword, unless they are fluent or truly bilingual.

I tried el pais but couldn't find the link to crucigrama.

[Lesley D]

Steve,

Although I don't do crossword puzzles as a past time, I consider them very good indeed from a language perspective just to get one thinking and to increase one's vocabulary not fluency IMO. Even the basic skill level to an increased level of difficulty forces one to think and even more so in another language. I was not aware that El País had a crucigrama page however, I have seen them in other Spanish newspapers that I read occasionally. Here are two:

EL COLOMBIANO | PORTADA

Look on the left hand side, go to the section Entretenimiento and you will find the daily crossword. If the link is down try it again later.

Listín Diario Digital - El Dinero


Listín Diario also has a daily crossword in the El Dinero section. Go to the bottom right hand side of page and you will see juegos&crucigramas.


It's worth trying crossword puzzles from other newspapers as an alternative.



-LDG.

[mkohn]

Thank you Lesley.
mkohn

[rolfdog]

Yes thank you Lesley. Those crosswords are good challenges but they still lack the complexity of english xwords where ALL horizontal and vertical axes combine to form answers. Is it fair to say that xwords are not as popular in Spanish as they are in English?


Steve

[Lesley D]

mkohn & Steve you are both welcome.

Originally Posted by rolfdog

Yes thank you Lesley. Those crosswords are good challenges but they still lack the complexity of english xwords where ALL horizontal and vertical axes combine to form answers. Is it fair to say that xwords are not as popular in Spanish as they are in English?
Steve

Steve, I can't give you an answer because I don't do crossword puzzles much. However, I see them online all the time because I read a variety of newspapers. Keep searching and I am sure you will find some that you can enjoy. Do a search on google under 'crucigramas'. I found one more that I think you will enjoy from Hoyonline de Ecuador. Give it a try.


HOYONLINE-CRUCIGRAMA


-LDG.

[Norma Rosa]

Originally Posted by rolfdog

Yes thank you Lesley. Those crosswords are good challenges but they still lack the complexity of english xwords where ALL horizontal and vertical axes combine to form answers. Is it fair to say that xwords are not as popular in Spanish as they are in English?


Steve

Growing up in the DR, at home we always did the crucigrama from El Caribe. They were the same as those you are talking about in English.