Anyway, when I was a young teen, my Dad told me that he would give me $5 if I could do the NYT crossword puzzle. I took the challenge. I cut the puzzle out out of the paper and went at it. In about an hour, I presented the result to my Dad. He was amazed and duly impressed and even a bit proud that I was able to do it. He then handed me $5 for doing yesterday's NYT crossword puzzle. I confessed 40 years later.
CHEAT! CHEAT! CHEAT! ;-)