We'll Always Have Monday

Thanks to WORDPLAY, the LFC documentary about the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, I've been tackling the beast. Again.

Back when I lived in NYC, I never filled in all the boxes. But Monday, my 6th grader and I came close. We figured:

P

U

Z

Z

L

E

S

R

U

S

On to Tuesday, Wednesday, even Thursday. By then we'd reworked the answer:

M

O

N

D

A

Y

S

R

U

S

I'd forgotten the progression -- the puzzle starts Monday, kitten-like, then builds to Sunday's monster. Today's puzzle? A nightmare.



On-line, though, it's puzzles-for-all. Archives. Mondays, back to 1996.

Perfect.