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Way back when, in the stone ages, also known as "that period of my life when puzzles wasn't the full-time job just yet," I had an interesting perk at the then job that involved some two months of free therapy sessions. And hey, who didn't like free stuff? So I took 'em up on the offer. After the first session the therapist (whom I never clicked with to be honest), told me in no uncertain terms that I'd be going to therapy for the rest of my life. I repeat: the rest of my life. Well, that's one way to get and keep a new client, I suppose. I only did the eight sessions and that was that.
Tangentially related: in the introduction to "Will Shortz's Best Brain Busters," Dubya Ess started off with a corker. It began: "A British puzzlemaker once wrote that a career in puzzles leads slowly, but inevitably, to insanity." Rather unhelpful quote there, Will. Who the hell said that???!?! Because, let me tell you, in my 20 something years of puzzlemaking, I can feel it happening. If any of you Internet sleuths can figure out the source of that quote, I'll buy you a beer.
Anyway. Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
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