So, today I dove into the New York Times crossword, feeling pretty good. I usually do them on the weekends, you know, just to chill out. But sometimes I get stuck on certain clues, and today was one of those days.
I cruised through most of it, but then I hit this one clue: “Italian for ‘year’”. I thought, “Okay, this should be easy, right?” I mean, I took a bit of Italian back in college, but that was ages ago. My mind was totally blank. I started wracking my brain, trying to dredge up any Italian words I could remember. “Ciao,” “grazie,” “pizza”… yeah, not exactly helpful here.
I decided to take a break and googled “Italian for year nyt crossword clue”. Found a bunch of sites talking about it, saying it was in the April 11th and 12th puzzles. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one stumped by this one!
- I scrolled through a few of these pages. Most of them just gave the answer away, but they were not what I wanted.
- Some had these weird tags saying “CrosswordClue” like it was some kind of secret code or something.
- One site even claimed to be an AI that could help you with any crossword clue. Maybe I’ll check that out next time.
Finally, I found the answer. “Anno”. That’s it! Of course, it’s “anno”! I probably knew that at some point, but it was buried deep in the recesses of my memory. There were also some other suggestions but “anno” was correct. I also learned something new today, seems like there is something called “Rebuses”, which means writing multiple letters in a single square in crossword puzzles.
It’s funny how these crosswords can be so satisfying when you finally crack a clue, even a simple one like this. It’s like a little mental victory. Anyway, just wanted to share my little crossword adventure from today. Maybe next time I’ll remember “anno” right away. Or maybe I’ll just use that AI thing… we’ll see!
