Kotes

I hated this for a Wednesday. The clues were so hard for me. I could only get like 20% of them before I had to start googling stuff then gave up and just had it solve the puzzle because I got so frustrated. This should’ve been a Thursday or later imo. I’m still relatively new to crosswords. Been doing them solo for a month or more. I can do Monday and most Tuesday and some Wednesday. Thursday are my favs because I love the puzzle element but they get hard. Can’t do Friday or Saturday at all and I can get halfway through Sunday. Anyways, I’m venting I guess. It’s fun but sometimes clues are just so hard and I don’t get why. It feels like the puzzle maker is just showing off how smart they think they are and it gets really frustrating from my end. It also makes me feel really really stupid. Am I the only one here that feels like this? I know a ton of you are crossword pros at this point. Did it always just click for you? Should I just give up?