Three letters, “It ends with ‘zyzzyva,’ in brief.”
Any guesses? Answer here.
I love a good puzzle. It’s a trait I inherited from my mom, one I’ve passed on to my kids. When she did them, mom used a pencil and a well-thumbed paperback copy of Merriam Webster’s Crossword Puzzle Dictionary for those hard-to-decipher clues favored by sadistic puzzle constructors everywhere. Nowadays most of us do our crosswords online and the urge to Google such stumpers is nearly overwhelming. A paperback crossword dictionary? It’s a collector’s item.
Just for the record, though, you can get one of 54 used copies available on Amazon today for the low, low price of just $2.51 – so, maybe not such a “collectors item” after all?
Hmmmm, 14 letters, “Thing of the past, may or may not be very valuable.”
