In the Sandbox of Words: On Puzzles and Novels

Do you speak Crosswordese? When you lose a button from a shirt and can’t find the sewing kit, do you ask your partner where the etui is kept? Might you sometimes mischievously refer to margarine as oleo? Have you ever stridden into a church just to point out what a great apse it has? But crosswords are about more than accumulating words: crosswords are about having fun with words; crosswords are, in fact, about loving words.
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