The Chicago Tribune used to carry both. We could only complete the Trib (all week) and maybe the Monday or Tuesday of the New York Times. Forget the rest of the week! Sheesh! Who the heck does those New York Times puzzles after Tuesday?
OK fine, sometimes I don't even look at it after Monday! What can I say? I don't have my PhD.
Anyway, imagine our disappointment to see that the Star-Advertiser decided to print only a GIGANTIC version of the New York Times crossword. As if making it bigger would make it easier!?!
I'm glad to see we weren't the only unhappy crossword campers. After a week, they are now printing a smaller version of both just like the Chicago Tribune. So then? Are the New Yorkers just smarter than the rest of us? Is there anybody out there who can actually finish the Friday New York Times puzzle?
Ummmm... Now then... I wonder if they'd be willing to make the Tribune puzzle just a little bit bigger for me?
And another thing: After four phone calls, talking to a live person, leaving an e-mail with the circulation director, yada yada yada, we're still getting two newspapers (We used to subscribe to both). But you know what? I don't care. They say we're not being charged for it and now there's no fighting over who hogs the paper.
Heeey... maybe we can have a race to see who finishes the Crosswords first? I'll do the Tribune. He can do the New York Times.
DOGGONE IT!: Something is wrong with the Tribune puzzle! Some of the clues are not there and it's harder than the NYT puzzle this morning. What the heck! Granted it is Monday so the NYT is at its easiest level. Still... craaazy!
Humph! Winston (our cat) walked across the keyboard and disconnected the internet!
ReplyDeleteI've been told that one has to understand the mind of the crossword setter - well, maybe but I'll stick with Sudoku and jigsaws. It's good that you and Art get a paper each, though :-)
I give you credit for doing crossword puzzles at all, as I don't have the patience for them. But they say those puzzles will ward off dementia. I wonder if that's true.
ReplyDeleteAt one time I worked for an aging professor who worked the NYT puzzle every morning using INK.
ReplyDeleteAll this newspaper stuff is a real adjustment for me. I guess I'm old fashioned, but I still love paper newspapers.
there's always a solution. good luck in racing with the crossword puzzles. I like scrabble on the computer but dislike crosswords for some reason. Guess cause I never know the words to use. lol!
ReplyDeleteat any rate I heard crosswords keep the mind sharp!
ReplyDeleteI love crosswords. But I´ve never done them in english yet. Give me German, then yes. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's funny. Two, wow, I'd enjoy until it ends. More power to you with that one though. Don't think I could do it, or maybe I can. Hmmm, haven't tried the NY Times in a long time...
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, I would love to get two papers for the price of one. I always defer to Tom with the front section, and then often don't get back to it until the afternoon. I have stopped doing crosswords for a while because I ran out of time. I am looking forward to some lazy afternoons spent with the crosswords soon. I don't try the NYT puzzle, just the other one. They get harder as the week goes by. I use the computer when I get stumped. It usually works to Google the clue, and it's amazing how fast it pops up when you've only half typed it. So many others have already looked it up!
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh about that NY crossword puzzle Kay. My mother-in-law's favorite thing to do on a Sunday morning was to work on that puzzle. I still miss seeing her sit in her chair with the newspaper on her lap and with her pencil in hand, and her head would stay down until she had worked it all out. It didn't take that long either. I was always amazed. Her mind was incredible and she never went to college, not so uncommon back in her day. It was a challenge for us to find crossword books on her birthdays. She would always finished the book in no time flat. I guess I will stick to Scrabble :)
ReplyDeleteAn English Girl Rambles
I so miss many of the columns that used to be in our paper. Cossword? I can't find it. Miss Manners, gone the way of manners. Not a Heloise to be found outside Good Housekeeping. Who reads print anymore....the advertizers flee to the internet along with the subscribers. I still get my very thin paper.
ReplyDeleteKay, that's the nearest to a cross word I've read from you! You've given me a giggle today.
ReplyDeleteHope the cold is better.
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