I have become addicted to crossword puzzles. I am supposed to be doing classwork, planning a wedding, and paying attention to my fiance, but the only thing that seems to interest me these days is putting letters in little boxes.In order to justify this behavior, I thought I should highlight crossword puzzles' vocabulary-building power. So, I am starting a new series called Cross Words. These will be posts highlighting words that I learned while attempting to solve these infernal little puzzles. They will include links to dictionary.com and etymonline.com, two essential vocabulary-building websites.
Entry #1, jape, can be found below. Enjoy!
(Photo by Flickr user Jessie Whittle. Thanks, Jessie!)
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Hi, Brian!
ReplyDeleteWhich paper's puzzle do you like best? When we lived in MT I could do the daily NEA puzzle no sweat as it was a small, easy puzzle that ran on the comics page, but the Sunday paper here has the LA Times puzzle and I am pretty hopeless there.
Have you seen the film _Wordplay_ ? I get NPR's Sunday Puzzler with Will Shortz on iTunes.
Stacie,
ReplyDeleteI attempt to do the New York Times puzzle every day. Like life, it gets more difficult as the week goes on.
I have recently decided that I absolutely must see Wordplay.
I get the Sunday Puzzler podcast too! I like to play it during road trips so friends can join in.
Here is a great blog about the L.A. Times puzzle. I read Rex's take on the NYT puzzle every day.
Thanks for the comment, Stacie!