Okay, so, I was messing around online the other day, trying to solve one of those mini crossword puzzles – you know, the ones in the New York Times? Anyway, I came across this clue, “Many varsity sports captains: Abbr.” I was like, what? My mind went totally blank.
I started thinking about all the sports teams I knew. Baseball, basketball, football… nothing seemed to fit. Then I thought, maybe it’s about college? I mean, “varsity” usually means college sports, right? Still, I was drawing a blank. So, I did what any reasonable person would do, and I turned to the internet.
I started googling like crazy. “Varsity sports captains abbreviation,” “NYT mini crossword answers,” you name it. I found a few websites that were all about crossword answers. One of them said there were like 40 possible answers! 40? That’s way too many. Another site narrowed it down to 30. Still a lot, but better.
I kept digging, and eventually, I found a few places that mentioned “SRS” as a possible answer. I wasn’t sure what “SRS” meant, but I went with it. I was going to give up until I found out what SRS was.
I put “SRS” in the puzzle, and boom, it fit! I felt like I had just won a gold medal or something. Then I went to find what “SRS” means and found it means “seniors”. It was so obvious once I knew the answer.
After that, I learned that “Capt.” is short for “captain”, and I learned about “co-captains,” which is like when two people are captains of a team. I found out that in the US and Canada, “varsity” means the main sports teams for a college or school.
So, yeah, that was my little adventure with the crossword clue. It’s funny how something so simple can send you down such a rabbit hole. Now I know a lot more about sports stuff than I did before.
- Typed “Varsity sports captains abbreviation” into a search engine.
- Found websites specializing in crossword answers.
- Discovered “SRS” as a likely solution.
- Successfully used “SRS” to complete the puzzle.
- Felt a sense of accomplishment.
- Figured out that SRS means seniors.
- Learned that Capt. means Captain.
- Learned that co-captains are a thing.
- Discovered that varsity is important in US and Canada.
It was a good day. I learned something new, and I got to feel smart for a few minutes. That’s a win in my book.
