DISQUS

I confess to be one of those charlatans at whom you rage. I enjoy working the NYT puzzle on-line. I do my best to solve it without using Google. But sometimes later in the week, they get hard enough that I get stuck part-way through. By using Google to provide one or two clues, I can often complete the rest of the puzzle. While I would never brag to anybody about this method, it does make working on the harder puzzles more enjoyable. I was disturbed by the difficulty of today's puzzle (Tues!). I also find that Fri and Sat puzzles are usually of a sort where Google doesn't particularly help. On those rare occasions when I can do a Fri (or a Sat!) I'm very proud.