Most of people play crossword puzzles in their free time. If they are not good, they will guide by a teachers who are very good at Crossword puzzles. Nowadays, the internet provides some online forms and some programs to make the puzzles easier for players.
The crossword has some values which deserve for you to learn.
First of all, it develops mental skills for players. Solving a crossword will enable opportunities for players to develop several mental skills such as spelling, vocabulary, the way of analysis and logic because it require player to mobile those skills to get high scores. 
If you can’t recognizes and understand terms which are used in the clues, you cannot solve the puzzle. Besides, you can learn some new words. In addition, you will understand the differences between words and phrases which may have resemble meaning.
Moreover, if you don’t know the accurate spelling, you cannot complete the crossword puzzles. Therefore, it means that you have to have dictionary skills if you don’t want to lose in the game. What’s more, you also need quick decision and good conclusions.
Secondly, crossword puzzle is a recreational game. They have to always practice and learn from flashcards to solve puzzles because they consider solving a puzzle as an active form of learning.
After knowing the values of crossword puzzles, you should also know to solve it. Fist of all, you ought to consider carefully the question and the order. Then, you fill the answers to the questions if you know the answers. You can use dictionary to seek the answers for difficult questions. There are some ways to use a regular dictionary. The first way is that you had better look up the definition of a word. Another way is to seek biographical section of your dictionary. The third way is that you should look for the abbreviations section to know what the words stand for.
Besides, you can sometimes use the Internet to find answers for the crosswords puzzles. Google is one of the best search engines. In addition, you can visit online dictionaries to find answers.