I became a crossword aficionado roughly 6 months back and I barely rate. I subscribe to the New York Times, know that Monday’s puzzles are the easiest and Saturdays are the hardest, and over the last half year have exactly once solved a Thursday puzzle. (When I say “solved” I mean without looking at references, searching the web, etc., to help solve the puzzle.) I still occasionally can’t finish Tuesday puzzles and am approaching 50% on Wednesdays.
Today’s–a Tuesday– puzzle has several answers that are two words, the first beginning with “P” and the second beginning with “G”–which includes “Proving Ground,” “Princess Grace,” and “Peanut Gallery,” among others.
A couple of my usual sources for enlightenment about these puzzles said that the theme of this puzzle is “Rated PG,” but given that “PG” is an old fashioned way of talking about pregnancy–along with the fact that “Princess Grace” was the answer for one clue and “Diana” was the answer for a clue for “the mother of William and Harry”–tell me that this puzzle isn’t about Princess Kate’s presumed pregnancy . . .
My contentment will be short lived, no doubt because Wednesday might pose problems, Thursday might be nearly impossible, and Friday and Saturday will both go way past the “nearly” mark . . .
Hope you have a good weekend given that I, no doubt, won’t. Cheers.