Okay, so, today I was fiddling around with the NYT Mini Crossword. You know, the little one they put out. I was cruising along pretty well until I hit this one clue: “Looks behind couches and curtains, say.” I stared at it for a good minute, scratching my head. What on earth could it be?
First, I tried to think of words related to searching, like “PEEK” or “HUNT.” Nope, didn’t fit. Then I thought maybe it was something to do with cleaning, you know, like “DUST” or “SWEEP.” Still nothing. I even started looking around my own room, behind the couch and curtains, hoping for some divine inspiration. My cat gave me a weird look, like I’d lost it. Which, to be fair, I almost had.
Then I went to the internet, as always, to find some resources. I found many pages have provided the solution, and they sorted them by their date of appearance. Most of them mentioned that the answer to “Looks behind couches and curtains, say” in the NYT Mini is SEEKS. It’s simple and clear. Also, I found some pages provided more information about it, like the third-person singular, present tense of the verb “seek”.
Here’s how I finally cracked it:
- I re-read the clue a few more times, emphasizing different parts: “LOOKS behind…” “Looks BEHIND…” “Looks behind COUCHES and CURTAINS…”
- Suddenly, it hit me! It wasn’t about the action of looking, but about the reason for looking. What do you do when you look behind couches and curtains? You’re trying to find something, right?
- So I thought, what’s another word for “trying to find”? And boom! There it was: “SEEKS.”
I typed it in, and bam, the puzzle was solved. Felt like a genius for a second there. It’s funny how the simplest things can trip you up sometimes. Anyway, I just wanted to share my little crossword adventure. Maybe it’ll help someone else out there who gets stuck on this clue. Or maybe you’ll just get a chuckle out of my temporary brain freeze. Either way, happy puzzling!
