One of my ongoing leisure projects is tackling the NY Times Crossword Archive. Although I cannot for the life of me recall when I started doing the daily crossword, I know it was during a winter recess in my old life as a teacher. Somewhere along the way, after a disagreement with the local newspaper, I subscribed to the crossword online. As the archive goes back to long before I started doing the crossword myself, I've been working through the Sunday puzzles until I find a familiar one. Then I'll know that I'm caught up (on one day of the week, at least).
A recent effort was the May 17, 1998 puzzle, created by David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn and entitled "Green Eggs and Hamlet." That caught my eye, as you might imagine. It reminded me of a past post on this blog--March 16, 2016, to be precise. That topic was a film with the same name as the puzzle. In any event, I dug in and eventually finished the puzzle. It took multiple sittings over multiple days. At this point, I'm in no hurry. Plus, old puzzles are WAY more difficult than the current crop!
The theme manifested itself in the form of an imaginary soliloquy. SPOILER ALERT (27 years later and with spacing added)!
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