How I Crossed Crosswords
13 min readJan 1, 2024
It started on a bus ride.
On a crisp Monday morning some thirteen years ago, as I embarked upon another journey to school, I routinely picked up the local newspaper by the bus stand. While most people, especially those of the working class, peruse the daily headlines according to their interests, I usually skip past and dive straight into the puzzles section. Attending a STEM-oriented program back then, Sudokus were a…