Are you a crossword klutz? Me too!
Crossword klutz:
A Person Who is Not Very Good at Solving or Completing Crossword Puzzles.
LIKE ME! Biko Lang!
According to the Urban Dictionary, a crossword klutz is a newly-coined word that refers to people who are not very good at solving crossword puzzles. Like me, for example. I am a crossword klutz par excellence. In fact, I am a crossword klutz extraordinaire.
One of the first references we und for a crossword klutz was a blog post by Spin Lizzy, a 31 year old blogger. She wrote a letter to her newspaper one day, complaining of this and that,and signing her name as "Crossword Klutz."
So let's give credit to Spin Lizzy.
She wrote: (back in 2006!)
"dear united feature syndicate crossword editor:
re: monday's 62 across
a 'tennessee gridder' is not an 'oiler' as you have indicated in tuesday's answer box. a 'tennessee gridder' might instead be a titan or a vol(unteer). but a 'tennessee gridder' has not been an oiler since the 1998 season of the national football league.
might i suggest instead for the clue: 'tennessee gridder, once' or 'former tennessee gridder.' had either of these been the clue, i might have figured out _ _ LER = OILER, thus finishing the puzzle.
will shortz would have NEVER made such a mistake.
sincerely,
Crossword Klutz
http://spinlizzy.blogspot.com/2006/07/crossword-crux.html
Now, in honor of Spin Lizzy, comes Urbandictionary.com with this new definition
crossword klutz
(noun) - A person, male or female, who is not very good at solving or completing crossword puzzles.
Example:
"Oh, I'm such a crossword klutz! I always start off full of grit and determination, but I always end up giving up before I can finish it. I was not born to be good at crossword puzzles, I guess."
(a hat tip to Alan Z. Forman, Public Policy Reporter/Copy Editor for Investigative Voice, an online digital investigative publication focusing primarily on Baltimore and Maryland (www.investigativevoice.com)
NOTE: We do some detectives and police officers and reporters, say, for online digital investigative publications, find solving crossword puzzles so interesting? Maybe, says one wit, because "crosswords are sort of like investigations?"
Good point! Maybe!
A Person Who is Not Very Good at Solving or Completing Crossword Puzzles.
LIKE ME! Biko Lang!
According to the Urban Dictionary, a crossword klutz is a newly-coined word that refers to people who are not very good at solving crossword puzzles. Like me, for example. I am a crossword klutz par excellence. In fact, I am a crossword klutz extraordinaire.
One of the first references we und for a crossword klutz was a blog post by Spin Lizzy, a 31 year old blogger. She wrote a letter to her newspaper one day, complaining of this and that,and signing her name as "Crossword Klutz."
So let's give credit to Spin Lizzy.
She wrote: (back in 2006!)
"dear united feature syndicate crossword editor:
re: monday's 62 across
a 'tennessee gridder' is not an 'oiler' as you have indicated in tuesday's answer box. a 'tennessee gridder' might instead be a titan or a vol(unteer). but a 'tennessee gridder' has not been an oiler since the 1998 season of the national football league.
might i suggest instead for the clue: 'tennessee gridder, once' or 'former tennessee gridder.' had either of these been the clue, i might have figured out _ _ LER = OILER, thus finishing the puzzle.
will shortz would have NEVER made such a mistake.
sincerely,
Crossword Klutz
http://spinlizzy.blogspot.com/2006/07/crossword-crux.html
Now, in honor of Spin Lizzy, comes Urbandictionary.com with this new definition
crossword klutz
(noun) - A person, male or female, who is not very good at solving or completing crossword puzzles.
Example:
"Oh, I'm such a crossword klutz! I always start off full of grit and determination, but I always end up giving up before I can finish it. I was not born to be good at crossword puzzles, I guess."
(a hat tip to Alan Z. Forman, Public Policy Reporter/Copy Editor for Investigative Voice, an online digital investigative publication focusing primarily on Baltimore and Maryland (www.investigativevoice.com)
NOTE: We do some detectives and police officers and reporters, say, for online digital investigative publications, find solving crossword puzzles so interesting? Maybe, says one wit, because "crosswords are sort of like investigations?"
Good point! Maybe!
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