![]() ![]() I can never get enough of challenging myself with learning new words or looking up words I do know, but TRULY understanding what they mean.but I digress. I just love word games, being a linguist and a BIG fan of words (both in English and Spanish). Did anyone else hear this ? Or if not, if you are a fan of crossword puzzles, what is it that you love about them ? I don't do crosswords, but I probably should once in while ! But I'm sure it's like anything else- practice will help. ![]() The answer was 'sycamore.' Troubled = Sick (Syc) Love Affair = (Amore) And a sycamore is also known as a 'plane tree.' So if you put that all together, you have 'sycamore.' Even though I understand it now that I know the answer, I don't know that I'd easily have figured it out on my own. He didn't end up cracking it, but in the end, the caller explained it. I don't know if I am getting this exactly right, but she said the clue was something about 'sounds like a troubled love affair on a plane.' The author said analyzing these is about looking beyond the surface of the words to figure out the hidden meaning. A woman called in with one as a pop quiz. One thing I just loved was hearing about was the idea of cryptic puzzles. Here is the sound file- They were talking about how crosswords are a stimulating and challenging activity for the brain. Today on the second hour of Radio Times, a Philadelphia-based radio show sponsored by WHYY (a PBS station), the stand-in host interviewed a man who recently wrote a book about crossword puzzles. ![]()
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