Our Corpus Christi paper used to carry two puzzles daily. One was from Chicago, the other New York. Now there is only one. It is the puzzle from the New York Times. Early in the week it is almost workable for me. Later in the week it becomes extremely difficult. By Sunday this puzzle is impossible...for me. I know I am old, and not a member of Mensa, but how many out there know the answers to most of the Time's clues? Let me give you some from last Sunday's puzzle:
Kapa haka dancer-5 letters; Pair in an ellipse-4 letters; Vatican rules - 8 letters;"Eva is leaving" -8 letters. Exsiccate - 5 letters; Pele's real first name - 5 down; Kerfuffle - 3 letters. Enough? Did you get them all? Even the computer underlined some of these words, thinking they were misspelled.
In a time when the newspaper business is up against the wall it seems not a good time to rid themselves of folks like myself who mainly want the paper for Pickles, Sudoku, and the crossword puzzle. That's my cross word for the week.
