2 other words that I used to frequently see were stoa and adit. It's been a while since I've encountered them.

Bobby Orr, defenseman in Hockey

Thank you.

What's a good book or resource that teaches someone how to solve crossword puzzles?

Do you attend the "Words Weekend" at Mohonk Mountain House?

I think after 10 years of practice I'm finally remembering the difference between ural and aral.

I’m sorry, but this exchange is peak comedy

Have you seen etui recently? Your comment just reminded me that I haven't found it in a puzzle in awhile. Glad it's gone, like they finally (mostly) stopped putting "sapporo sash" in as well.

Oreo can't seem to die though.

I’m glad somebody asked this. I was doing a few different crosswords a day at one point as well and every day there are words from the other crosswords in each others’ puzzles. It feels like they’re copying their homework!

Are you aware of your namesake being a very popular boss to farm for loot in the classic ARPG Diablo ii?

Wait. Stop. TEST-SOLVERS??? How do I get that job??

Can you say that again, but as Haiku? 🙃

You should shout that from the top of Mount Etna

Hey Mike, not sure if you’ve created any cryptic crosswords during your time (they’re my favorite); if so, what would you say would be your favorite three cryptic crosswords clues?

Mine have been:

Gegs (9,3) - Scrambled Eggs HIJKLMNO (5) - Water (8) - Clueless

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Is Bath university where you go to study taking baths?

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Can you post any third party reviews of the book?

Eke

Take a step back.

What is stopping you from just giving up, and getting a free apartment? It would be easier than busting your ass as a tax payer right?

Healthy people don't act that way. Healthy people want to be doing things. They want to be connected with others. They want to be productive.

And yes, there are people who are unhealthy AND have issues like being lazy, or entitled, etc, but those issues aren't actually fixed by punishing them.

In fact, your taxpayer ass probably pays more for the people out on the street. (Atleast that's true in my country).

So if you pay more for people out on the street, are you actually upset about paying for their house? Or is there some sort of value judgment connected to it?..do you think they don't "deserve" it?

Just remember that a hockey stick is flat like an oar (ORR), and a baseball bat is not (OTT)

Still exists under the name Games World of Puzzles. (World of Puzzles was a spin off, then they merged back). Not as great as it once was, but still fun. Like me.

Have you seen the crossword killer? It’s a b movie set in a world where everyone is obsessed with crosswords. If you love a crap and cheesy movie, would recommend

Sometimes you just need to jump around the puzzle. Never try to do them all in order.

>Although just to warn you, the latter is associated with high levels of stress and burnout and there's some talk of "locking" trainees into the role, meaning they can't leave for 2 years post-qualification

I think they've already done this. It's as sad as it is funny, really: 'people are leaving this really stressful, underpaid job. How can we fix this? I know, how about we force them to stay?' Brilliant.

>be prepared for a really competitive field. I'd only recommend it if you are truly passionate and focused on it as a career. I'd say most people are looking at 3-4 years minimum of experience after undergraduate before they get onto the course, which is then another 3 years. I was fortunate to get onto the course with "only" 2.5 years of experience. Most of my colleagues have more.

What do you think helped you stand out to get on sooner than your peers? What do you think you might have done if you couldn't become a psychologist?

I'm passionate about it, but it's very depressing to read about how hard it is, and I can only imagine it's going to be harder than ever with the increased levels of graduates due to covid policy mess. Also my university seems to be stingier with 1sts; the number of people who get them supposedly goes up every year, and at my university 35% of people overall get firsts, yet for psychology in all the reports they have given out so far for any assignment I've done, only like 10% of people, max, are getting 1sts in their assignments. Very few people are going to be graduating with 1sts overall, and I'm not sure I'll be one of them. There's definitely the thought of saying 'screw it' and studying for a conversion course in computer science for an easier life, even though I'm not passionate about that.