Crosswords, I have realized, are a form of meditation. Not the kind of meditation in which you empty your mind of all thoughts. Crosswords lend themselves to a different kind of meditation, one in which you are so focused that all worries and stresses flee from your mind and all that is left is the sheer joy of reaching within the farthest recesses of your brain to pull out some obscure piece of information you didn’t know you had and certainly didn’t know the meaning of…I can recognize the word patterns and come up with the right answer… I have no idea who is who, yet week after week I am able to find the correct answer because, subliminally, I have absorbed this culturally specific trivia. Sarita Sarvate

I have a friend who loves crossword puzzles. Truth be told, she likes all forms of puzzles.

I think the more you do a particular person’s puzzles, the easier they become, because you recognize some of the kinds of clues they use.

I don’t like to get so far, then not be able to finish…

I’ve heard it said that happiness is found in the process, not the end result. If a person only likes getting a book published, but doesn’t enjoy the process of writing, then happiness would tend to be elusive because more time is spent in the process than in the completion.

I agree with that in theory. But when it comes to crosswords, I’d rather not begin one, if I can’t complete it. I’d rather read a book or…

Karin

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