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Not my favourite, no phrases and some very weak clues. 17d YUK! Pays to play crossword clue Wordle’s fortune would escalate just as quickly as its user base. In late January 2022, the New York Times announced it had acquired the puzzle game from creator Josh Wardle in an undisclosed, low-seven-figure deal -- a left-field move that almost eclipsed Sony’s announcement that it was acquiring Destiny 2 developer Bungie just hours earlier. The move would spark some worry among fans, who feared that a corporate takeover of the most independent game imaginable could steal its soul.

The problem was that I was instantly horrible. Most crossword puzzlers will tell you that being good at crosswords isn't so much about knowing things as it is about knowing the things that crosswords want you to know. You can only get so far without knowing that "emo" is the Times' chosen musical subgenre; that lassos are apparently also known as "lariats"; that if the clue is anything related to opera, the answer is probably "aria." About this game With that said, I didn’t lose my motivation for the project as a whole — in fact, I’ve been feverishly solving crosswords every day — but, I did lose motivation for the most structured and important part of my training: The Crossword Trainer.