Solving Approach
At this length, the average word here runs about 4.9 letters. Longer words dominate this one, so double letters and repeated letter patterns are your best early clues. Rated medium, this one asks for a bit more pattern recognition than a warm-up puzzle, but nothing that requires guesswork.
About Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison was an influential English writer and politician of the early 1700s, best remembered as the co-founder of The Spectator, a groundbreaking periodical that shaped modern journalism. He championed clear, witty writing accessible to ordinary readers and became famous for his essays on literature, manners, and morality. Addison believed literature should both entertain and educate, famously declaring that "reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." His work profoundly influenced English prose style and established the essay as a major literary form.
Did you know? He wrote the successful tragedy Cato in 1713, a play that was celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic and admired by George Washington.