I do the New York Times crossword puzzles on line every day. They get progressively harder from Monday to Saturday. For me, the dividing line is between Wed. and Thurs. Wed. is transparently easy, whereas Thursday takes a little while. Friday and Saturday are becoming a little easier now I've been doing them religiously for more than a year. I can get Saturday's (usually) in 45 minutes to an hour. Part of the trick is to approach it with just the right amount of confidence. Too confident, and I become frustrated. Not confident enough, and I don't guess wildly enough. I don't fill in answers even if I *know* them at some level of consciousness. The next day's puzzle comes out at about 9:20 p.m. (central time). Here I go...