I cannot remember a recent time where I was hobbled so badly that I had to resort to doing crosswords. No phone, no computer, no tv? I would go to sleep first. I hate those things.
Possibly but not at the puzzle, only me. And then rarely though my local paper's crossword varies considerably from day to day and I am sanguine about sometimes making no progress with the thing. It's only a bit of fun while I linger over an after-meal mug of tea!
The puzzle-page is bought-in, and the cross-words seem to be compiled by at least three different people.
This is the cryptic one, not the synonym / general-knowledge puzzle next to it. Completed all but one word of about 23 yesterday, barely half of them today!