Having solved (or at least tried to solve) crossword puzzles for many years, I decided to take the plunge and attempt to construct some. After buying the Windows software that everybody uses and installing it on my MacBook using Parallels Desktop for Mac, I created a puzzle that I submitted to the editor of the LA Times crossword. That puzzle will appear in the LA Times (and the other papers that use that its puzzle, such as the San Francisco Chronicle) on Monday, January 22, 2007. I’ll post it here for anyone who wants to give it a try.