Those of you who know us well know that my wife and I don’t consider any day complete without completing the NY Times Crossword. What you may not know is that our current streak there extends 775 days back to pre-pandemic times. So when I came across this classic about the humorous intersection of psychoanalysis with crossword arcana in the New Yorker cartoon archives? Well, of course I couldn’t resist.
Don’t know about the helmet, but if you ever find yourself in need of a six-letter plural noun meaning “secrets or mysteries,” consider yourself now enlightened. And for those of you with a thirst for more NYer cartoon arcana, see here for a holiday-themed post from a few years back.