Don’t spent too much time with the long words unless you are sure of them. They will appear when the short ones have been solved. Of course, not all the short ones are easy, but they are generally more readily attended to than the long ones. Also, there are more of them, increasing the chances of finding familiar faces among the definitions.
If you think a word is right, pencil it in lightly till you are sure. This saves erosion of paper and temper. But never hesitate to try a word that may be right. The trial and error method holds in puzzling as it does in life.
Remember that the horizontals furnish a sure check on the verticals, and vice versa.
If you are hopelessly stuck, try another puzzle. Inspiration sometimes waits for a return engagement.
A pleasant feeling of something attempted, something done, accompanies the solution of a cross word puzzle. It’s good for the inferiority complex. [[15]]
Puzzle No. 51
MADE IN A RATHSKELLER
A Duet
Two of the editors went out to lunch one hot day, with this result. By the way, this pattern is the same on which the puzzle for the World’s Championship was made up. Can you do it in ten minutes, ten and two-fifths seconds? That was the time it took William A. Stern II to win the championship.