Oh - I am so glad it isn't just me!!!!!!!!! I too majored in Literature and I think I am better at crosswords than I am at the numbers version -- I used to loathe them but slowly got hooked and now I find them irresistable -- But I don't often even attempt the level 4.

Will Shortz is my hero!!!!!!! (anyone see his moved -- can't remember the title but it may have been Wordplay, GREAT flick.