The four-letter (and now obvious) answer isTina.
I know quickly that the answer is also Tina.
What youre describing is how your brain is making new associations.
Bobby Pache*
Things are being worded differently and youre now able to make those connections faster, Pache explains later.
Shes the entrepreneur and creator behind Black Crossword.
Some of these words youve heard, and others you will get to know.
In Paches book, were thinking Black.
That doesnt mean its inaccessible.
Everyone is welcome to play this puzzle, but this puzzle is made with Black people in mind.
Before moving to Florida for high school, Pache was born and partially raised in Queens, New York.
For as long as she can remember, she always had an affinity for words.
This is the foundation of Black Crossword.
The 100 Mini Puzzles book started from a place of feeling unseen.
I dont remember what the clue was, she says.
She opted to fill the space.
I found some really outdated things, so I was like Im just going to start it.
The skills that I developed over the years aligned for this work, she says.
Prior to Black Crossword, I had always felt crosswords were intimidating and out of reach.
Pache sees her puzzles as a way of creating Black safe spaces where everyone gets the same cultural references.
We dont have to explain, we just get it, and thats what I want for these puzzles.
I want that to be the foundation and feeling, and we can still learn things here.
