Okay, so the other day I was staring at the New York Times crossword, and this clue “weighing more” pops up. My brain immediately went, “Heavier? More substantial?” Nope, nothing was fitting.
I skipped it. I always do that, you know? Just move on to the ones I think I can get, hoping the cross-letters will give me hints later.
So, I’m filling in other answers, getting a few here and there. I got “lighter” and some other answers, and suddenly, a few letters started to appear in the “weighing more” spot.
Trying to figure it out
- I think the first letter was “O”…or maybe it was a “D”? I can’t quite remember. It was one of those.
- Then there was a “T”…that I got from another answer, so that one I was sure about!
- The I rememberd,it’s an “er”verb.
I stared at it for what felt like forever. “O-T-something-something”. “D-T-something-something.” Nothing. Absolute blank.
Then, because crosswords love to trick you, I thought, “What if ‘weighing’ isn’t literal? What if it’s… I don’t know… metaphorical?” But honestly, that line of thinking didn’t get me anywhere. Usually, when I go down that rabbit hole, it just wastes time.
I almost gave up. Seriously, I was about to flip to the answer key (I know, I know, cheating!), but then I saw it. “OUT” like the opposite of IN, and “weighing” like when you think of pros and cons. OUTWEIGHING!
It was such a simple thing, but man, that feeling when you finally crack the code? Best thing ever. Makes you feel like a word genius, even if it took you way longer than it probably should have.
