More importantly, what is “hard” in a puzzle game like A Little to the Left is much more subjective, so the developers decided to let players skip whichever levels they aren’t enjoying.

Here are some hints and the solution for the seven across "Throws hard" clue on the Nov. 14 NYT Mini Crossword.

Commentary: Hey, New York Times! How about an "obscure British or Australian slang" category every now and then in Connections?

but it's going to be hard to find everything and there's going to be hard puzzles that prevent you from getting that adventure book. There's some hand holding, but for the harder stuff ...