I love doing the diagramless crossword...but have to "cheat" to get the starting box...Is there a trick to knowing where to begin? Thanks!

Kitty,
These look awfully difficult. I think you should pour yourself a glass of wine, and relax..maybe the answers will come to you then. I find it always works for me, whatever life's little problem.

However, since you asked, and since I know absolutely nothing about the subject, I feel compelled pass these sites I found on to you:

How to solve a diagramless crossword puzzle

Barelybad

Tutorial on Diagramless crossword puzzles

Hopefully someone else will answer your question that actually does the things. But I thought this might be a start.

LOL....thanks dg...I did know that the puzzles are symmetrical so once you find sqaure one the bottom of the puzzel is exactly the same but opposite...I think I will continue to "cheat" for box one!!!