Well, howdy there, folks! Let me tell ya ’bout this here “yearly record nyt crossword” thing. Don’t rightly know what all them fancy words mean, but from what I gather, it’s got somethin’ to do with them crossword puzzles in that there New York Times paper. You know, the one them city slickers read.
Now, I ain’t never done one of them crosswords myself. Too busy tendin’ to the chickens and milkin’ the cows, ya see. But my grandson, he’s a whiz at ’em. He’s always scribblin’ away at that paper, mumblin’ about clues and answers and whatnot. He tells me there’s folks who keep track of how fast they finish these puzzles. Can ya believe that? Spendin’ their time on such things!
- Anyways, seems like there’s this “yearly record,” which I guess means how you done on them puzzles all year long.
- Some folks, they even download all their times, like they’re keepin’ score or somethin’. My grandson says somethin’ about a “CSV download,” but that sounds like a whole lotta gibberish to me.
- He also talks about “constructors,” whoever they are. Says some of ’em make puzzles he likes, and some he don’t. Kids these days, with their fancy talk.
My grandson, he’s always complainin’ that the paper don’t give him enough information about his puzzle times. He says the “stats exposed to users” are “lacking.” See what I mean? Fancy words, all of ’em. He even went and made himself some kinda “tool” to keep track of his scores on them little mini crosswords they got. Kids and their contraptions!
Now, I hear tell that these puzzles ain’t all the same. Some are easy, like on a Monday, and some are harder, like on a Saturday. That Sunday one, though, that’s a big ‘un. Takes folks a good long while to finish it, or so I hear. My grandson says it’s supposed to be about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday puzzle. Whatever that means.
Seems like some folks are real serious about these puzzles. They spend hours and hours on ’em. I heard tell one fella spent 14 whole days doin’ crosswords over a few years! Can ya imagine? 14 days! Why, in 14 days I coulda planted a whole field of corn, or canned enough peaches to last me through the winter! But I reckon to each their own, right?
And get this, they even got websites and stuff where folks can find the answers to the crossword clues. So if you’re stuck on somethin’ like “yearly record,” you can just go look it up. Seems like cheatin’ to me, but then again, I ain’t never done one of them crosswords myself. Maybe if I did, I’d understand the appeal. But for now, I’ll stick to my chickens and my cows. They make a lot more sense to me than them fancy puzzles.
So there ya have it. That’s all I know about this here “yearly record nyt crossword” thing. It’s a whole lotta fuss about puzzles, if you ask me. But hey, if it keeps them city slickers busy, I ain’t got no complaints. More important things to worry about in this world, like whether the rain’s gonna come and if the crops are gonna grow. That’s the kind of record I keep track of, ya see. The yearly record of the good earth.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed them chickens. They’re startin’ to get mighty restless. And that’s somethin’ I understand a whole lot better than any crossword puzzle, that’s for sure.
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