Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Word Play
I've been a crossword puzzle addict for as long as I can remember (that's at least 5 minutes right?). I'm sure well before I hit college, since even then my friends gave me crossword puzzle gifts. So I had to see the movie Wordplay when it came out. The thing that happened from watching the movie was not just having to do more puzzles, but finding a need to time myself. Its actually scary since I'm nowhere near as fast as the pros. But its fun to race the clock (when I can) although I don't often do a puzzle at one sitting. (Well except those easy Monday & Tuesday puzzles that only take 10 minutes)(when I bother). Anyhow, the point is that I am now addicted to the Yahoo! Daily Crossword. It times me without me having to pay attention to the clock. I'm thrilled to say that I average about 12 minutes. The flip side is that I get bummed out when it takes me more than 15. But its fun, and relatively harmeless! Yahoo for crosswords!
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I finished one in 16 minutes the other day...but it was just from my World of Puzzles magazine. Though finishing at all for me is good. And I didn't use Google for this one, just the Jumbo one...
I'm not saying that it doesn't sometimes take me days to finish them, especially some of the Friday puzzles. But Wordplay prodded me into trying to time myself. It gets the adrenaline pumping when you race against a clock, which for me is the thrill of some of the other word games I play, like Word Whomp or Text Twist.
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