Well now, let me tell ya, this here crossword puzzle thing, it ain’t as easy as pie. Some folks call it “redirect as attention crossword,” sounds fancy, don’t it? But lemme tell ya, it’s just words and squares, plain and simple, or so it seems.
First thing ya gotta do, don’t go lookin’ at them hard clues first. Them tricky ones, they’ll just make your head spin. Start with the easy peasy ones, the ones that practically fill themselves in. You know, like, “___ of Oz.” Shoot, even I know that one, it’s “Wizard”! Gettin’ them easy ones done, well, it makes ya feel good, like ya ain’t so dumb after all. Builds up your confidence, ya see. Makes ya feel smart like them city folks, even though you ain’t got much book learnin’.
Now, some smarty pants folks, they say doin’ these crosswords makes ya brainy. They call it “fluid intelligence,” whatever that means. Sounds like somethin’ you’d find in a car engine, not in my head. But hey, if they say so, who am I to argue? Maybe it’s true, maybe it just keeps your mind busy, so ya don’t spend all day frettin’ ’bout the chickens or the weather.
- Find the easy clues, like “___ of Oz.”
- Fill them in first to feel good.
- Then tackle the harder ones.
So, this here “redirect as attention” crossword, what’s it all about? Well, seems like they want ya to “redirect” your thinkin’. Like, they give ya a word, and ya gotta think of another word that means somethin’ similar, but not exactly the same. It’s like when your husband asks for a beer, and ya gotta “redirect” his attention to the chores that need doin’ first! You gotta kinda twist your brain a bit, see things from a different angle. Kinda like lookin’ at a cow from the front and then from the back, still a cow, but a different view, ya know?
They say this crossword showed up on December 22nd, just before Christmas. Guess some folks were busy fillin’ in squares ‘stead of stuffin’ turkeys. Now, I ain’t got nothin’ against crosswords, mind ya, but I’d rather be eatin’ a good slice of pie than tryin’ to figure out some fancy word for “redirect.” But hey, to each their own, I always say.
Them crossword puzzle folks, they got a whole bunch of answers for this “redirect” thing. Says they found 40 different words! Forty! That’s more words than I use in a whole week! Makes ya wonder how many words there are in the whole wide world. Enough to fill a whole barn, I reckon. Or maybe two barns!
So, if you’re stuck on this “redirect as attention” crossword, don’t you fret. Start with the easy ones, and then slowly work your way through the hard ones. And if ya can’t figure it out, well, don’t sweat it too much. There’s more to life than fillin’ in little squares. Go outside, get some fresh air, talk to your chickens. They don’t care if you can’t do no crossword puzzles.
But if you are the persistent type, just keep at it, and sooner or later, you’ll get it. It’s like churnin’ butter, takes a while, but you’ll get there in the end. And when you finally finish that puzzle, you’ll feel like you could conquer the world, or at least finish the laundry.
And that’s all there is to it, really. This crossword puzzle thing, it ain’t rocket science. It’s just a game, a way to pass the time, and maybe, just maybe, make ya feel a little bit smarter in the process. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed them chickens.
Tags: [Crossword Puzzles, Attention, Redirect, Wordplay, Brain Games, Clues, Answers, Solutions, Universal Crossword, Vocabulary]
