![]() More from Jim's series: New beards sprout during shutdown and men see their older selvesĬounty by county, 'KoCuomo' parody video sings Cuomo’s praises Note: If you want to give your brain a workout, the D&C website has USA Today crossword puzzles available, and the print D&C has the New York Times and Newsday puzzles. I’ll think it over, but meanwhile, I may try my hand at another one of those 10-minute puzzles. Twenty-one minutes later I finished.Ĭould it be that I’m over-exercising my brain, that too much puzzling leads to mental fatigue, which makes you forget that the Argo is Jason’s ship or Asta is a movie dog or Etta is singer James? Maybe I could get better at puzzling by not puzzling at all. ![]() On a table beside the chair I saw a book of 10-minute crosswords. The other day I radically varied my daily routine and sat in a different chair. I’m doing so-so on the USA Today and Newsday puzzles, but I'm still taking forever. ![]() I don’t even try to do the rest of the week. Wednesday? I might solve it, if solving includes getting answers from my wife, Cindy Schmitt, the brains of the family. I’m not doing much better with the Times’ regular daily puzzles, the ones that get harder as the week goes on. ![]() Eventually, I realized the answer is “Stem.” What else would it be? I put in “Vase.” I know all you puzzle pros out there just whacked your heads and screamed, “What was he thinking?” He wasn’t. For example, the clue for eight across in Tuesday’s mini was “Flower supporter,” four letters. ![]()
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