Crucigrama Experto (El País)

About Crucigrama Experto (El País)

Crucigrama Experto is the hardest of the daily crosswords in the games section of El País, the Spanish newspaper. It is a full-size Spanish crossword aimed at experienced solvers, published fresh every day, the same grid for everyone who opens it, with the page dated at the top.

The grid works the way a classic crossword does: numbered white squares, black squares dividing the answers, and two lists of clues, horizontales (across) and verticales (down). You pick a clue or a square, type your answer, and the crossing letters help you check and extend into the words that intersect. Being the expert edition, the vocabulary and the clues run harder than the paper's mini crossword.

El País keeps earlier grids in an archive, so a day you miss can still be solved later, and the paper publishes crosswords from its named constructors, among them Mambrino, Tarkus and Nataly Sanoja. The daily is free to play in the browser after accepting cookies; a subscription removes limits and ads.

It suits fluent Spanish speakers and seasoned crossword solvers who want a substantial daily challenge rather than a quick one.

How to play Crucigrama Experto (El País)

1. Open the Crucigrama Experto on the El País games site and start the day's grid.
2. Choose a clue from the horizontales (across) or verticales (down) list, or click a square in the grid.
3. Type your answer into the white squares; the number marks where each answer begins.
4. Use the crossing letters from answers you are sure of to work out the harder clues.
5. Fill the whole grid to finish, or open the archive to solve an earlier day.

Tips

• Start with the clues you are certain of to seed crossing letters across the grid.
• Let the crossings do the work: a single confirmed letter can unlock a tough clue around it.
• If a corner stalls, switch between across and down clues that share squares there.
• Use the archive to build up to the expert level by working through earlier grids.

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