PhotoTUESDAY PUZZLE — For the singer Lisa Loeb, an exposure to crossword puzzles came from her older brother, Ben. As her brother zipped through them, Ms. Loeb’s curiosity — and perhaps a bit of sibling rivalry — got the better of her, and a love of crossword solving was born. Audio Making Music with Words 31:04 Play Pause Play RestartMs. Loeb, who broke through with her 1994 platinum-selling No. While she has been solving for the last 10 or 15 years, she says, “I had gotten much better. Mr. Peterson, who has had 40 other crosswords published in The New York Times, encouraged Ms. Loeb to step away from the online puzzle-making tools and, she reports, “... it almost felt like writing a song.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2017 01:52 UTC