
Unlocking the Puzzler Brain
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How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
i'm not a very good meditator, but this is my form of meditation. And i will say one of the skills i tried to develop during this book was being ok with not solving a puzzle. There are some puzzles that depend on you getting to the solution. I have a section on mediaeval riddles written by monks. They are, like, really filled with double antondras and there's no answer. So it shouldn't be. A crossword puzzle should not be the t v guide crossword puzzle for solvers like us. Mork blank mindy doesn't fire up the synapses of our brains.
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