4.16.2016

If you haven't found…

…the New York Times Crossword app yet, well, here it is. The Times crossword puzzles are, of course, legendary—and some of them can even be solved. (The Monday puzzles are easiest. I used to do them on the subway, on the way to work. But they are topical and pretty New Yorky, and they get more difficult as the week goes on. )

The Times also publishes a daily “mini” puzzle, a puzzle on a 5x5-square grid that you can solve in a minute or two, and a “midi,” 9x9 puzzles you can buy at a reasonable price and solve in five minutes, more or less. All of which makes standing in line for your latte or kale salad (or big fat greasy burger) or just taking a quick break from whatever profound problem you’ve been worrying easy. And useful.

Having something to occupy your mind makes time seem to pass faster, as the big oil companies knew when they handed out scratch tickets at gas stations to give you something to do while they filled up your car with gas, checked the oil and tires, washed your windshield…oh, sorry. For a minute there I wandered off. 

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