Crossword Crazy

Been on a bit of a crossword kick lately. Discovered how difficult the New York Times crosswords can be (towards the end of the week) and decided that it'd be a worthy brain challenge. So far I've been doing the Monday thru Wednesday puzzles -- I've been too chicken to attempt late-week puzzles. I look at the speeds of the crossword tournament players and they have these ridiculously fast times like three minutes for a Monday. My best Monday so far clocks in at thirteen minutes. YIKES!

Anyway, it's been a nice relaxing (occasionally frustrating) thing to do after dinner or before bed, so I'm having fun with it. I've been doing crosswords since I was probably seven or eight from Dell Puzzles or Games Magazine. Clues in the New York Times puzzles are just savory in their difficulty. I go back to my old Dell crossword magazines that I hadn't filled in and just slam through those puzzles now. :)

Lately I've gotten into finishing the NYT crossword for the day and then reading either Rex or Amy's blogs to see what they thought of it. It's fun to commiserate on clues that I thought were ridiculous or unfair.

Here are links to their great Crossword blogs:

Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
Diary of a Crossword Fiend