Hugh Mac Toirdealbhach

I'm done: I've noticed recently that I've stopped enjoying the crossword on weekends. I've been doing the NY crossword for years, and it's been one of my most enjoyable pastimes. These days, while I get the solved in the end, I find myself more aggravated than pleased with the result. When I see ", perhaps?" or ", maybe," I find myself thinking "Unnecessarily oblique or obscure, cute, precious, or indirect." I'm writing this only to say, if you're enjoying the crossword, wonderful, but if you've found yourself finding it more irritating than rewarding, no that you are not the only one.