Drabble by Kevin Fagan for June 20, 2023

I use to fly often on business before I retired. I loved doing the crossword puzzle found in the airline magazine; except I would insert random words that fit in the spaces, regardless of what the clue actually was. Of course I usually couldn’t finish the crossword before my flight ended, so I would return the magazine to the magazine pocket for the next passenger to attempt to finish it……

New record!

My mother could never finish a crossword puzzle. I could never start one. So, she would start one and leave itllying around on a side table. I’d pick it up and finish it.

Even my late mom solved crossword puzzles in half a day.

Nice job with today’s flag, guys!

Must be a NYT Saturday puzzle

Never became a cruciverbalist.

…so YOU’RE the guy….

Sadly, crosswords have been boiled down to Wordle.

Two of us used to do the same crossword to determine which of one was faster. One day I copied the words onto a same sized crossword blank. He never forgave me.

With a lot of help from Google.

He deserves a lot of credit for his patience.

What a downer.

Lightweight.

sixty years ago, when we were newlyweds, we used to get the Sunday New York Times and do the crossword puzzle. The bed would be covered with reference books! It usually took us most of the week to finish it. It was a wicked puzzle!