Ella Dershowitz calls us by (some of) our names — or does she?
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THURSDAY PUZZLE — I’ve noticed that as I get older, I have a harder time keeping large amounts of information in my head. That’s perfectly natural — I forget who told me that — but add in an attention deficit disorder and it feels as if my short-term memory works like a sieve. Some facts are retained, but other important things, like my children’s names, fall through the little holes to make room for new information.
That is why I write almost everything down. Taking notes and making lists helps with crossword solving, too. Ella Dershowitz’s clever puzzle requires you to hold certain aspects of the theme in your head, so I recommend writing the elements down as you solve it. It made a lot more sense to me that way.
And you’ll be happy to know that we’ve solved the family names issue: We all wear name tags.
Today’s Theme
In four rows of Ms. Dershowitz’s puzzle, there are two theme entries consisting of pairs of words or phrases, and there are three circled squares in each of those entries.
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
