Globe and Mail<\/a> today, gave a detailed history of the crossword puzzle and its benefits. It apparently works that part of the brain that is wired for survival!! AHA I have a weapon against all those people who think that I’m just goofing off. I can now say that I am drawing order from chaos and connecting with my primeval roots \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nIn fact today I solved – the answer to – “It used to be cut back.” – answer “was.” From cut meaning to saw, reversed.” I also liked the answer to “US citizen appearing periodically” – answer “New Yorker.”<\/p>\n
Now if I could only solve “Bounty is a big ship” (7 letters) and 18 others, I could get some work done!!<\/p>\n
Have a great day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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