"An elderly woman in aisle A turned to look at me, and I pulled a Times crossword puzzle from the bag beneath my seat. That always makes you look reasonable, especially on a Saturday, when the words are long and the clues are exceptionally tough. The problem is that you have to concentrate, and all I could think of was this Becky person."
"Seventeen across: a fifteen-letter word for enlightenment. 'I am not an asshole,' I wrote, and it fit."
"Five down: six-letter Indian tribe. 'You are.'"
"Look at that smart man, breezing through the puzzle, I imagined everyone thinking. He must be a genius."
~ D. Sedaris, "Solution to Saturday's Puzzle," When You Are Engulfed In Flames
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