The Anti-Brute-Force Framing

I was thinking about a really complicated one of these, like some equation that goes on lines and lines and lines. And then it was like, you know, move a digit and make it correct. I think puzzles teach you to get rid of your hidden assumptions. Will Shorts, the crossword editor of the New York Times, his favorite clues are word play. His favorite clue is something long lines of this turns into another story.