Crossword Puzzles

There's something beautiful about solving a crossword puzzle. It starts as a set of scattered letters, then as more and more letters fill in, everything else falls into place. It's great how the clues that totally stump you at first make sense when you've got half of the letters in place, or once you get the gist of the puzzle. A few days ago, I was thinking the wrong part of speech for jerks (YANKSON), boxcar hopper (HOBO), and prunes (LOPS). I was thinking nouns, not verbs, for all three of them.