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Men in their forties are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle: tricky, complicated, and you’re never really sure you got the right answer.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Men in their forties are compared with a difficult crossword whose answers never feel entirely secure. The analogy combines the effort of working something out with uncertainty about success. It expresses the speaker’s frustration through a familiar puzzle, rather than establishing a rule about men of that age.
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