Elaine and I like doing crosswords, so we thought we’d try the famous New York Times Sunday crossword.

We bought it, looked for the crossword, and couldn’t find it! We scoured the paper, searching even the least likely spots twice, but no luck.

So we bought the Boston Globe Sunday edition for its crossword. But it was similarly shy.

We couldn’t figure it out. I’ve always heard about the crossword being a famous staple of Sunday papers. Were we being stupid and looking in the wrong place? Did we fail the first test?

We eventually settled for a free circular’s crossword. But it was distinctly subpar.