Who is John Galt? And who the **** is WrdPlougher?!

At this point, WrdPlougher is only as old as 14 published puzzles published by The Hindu, going by official record. Age, of course, is never a reflection of experience, excellence, or expertise — I’ve lived at least 3 decades in a corporeal body, but I still don’t know if I have so far exhibited any experience, excellence, or expertise that might be worth putting on my CV, or even worth calling up any friends to brag about it to.

I suppose that’s why I have a blog instead. But this is WrdPlougher’s blog, and it’s likely that this name may be mentioned often going forward — no, not for self-aggrandisement; no, not even for SEO; and no, not whatsoever because I have the slightest desire to become famous. Any dreams of being recognised for my individual merits were destroyed the day I got bored of being a foetus and took a peek at the big bad world.

But it so happens that I have a knack for setting cryptic crossword clues. And the plan is to use this blog as an independent space to give a full account of puzzles set by WrdPlougher.

Just to bring everyone up to speed, WrdPlougher is not popular. If you’re Googling the name ‘WrdPlougher’ to find a listicle whose headline starts with “The worst of the worst”, you probably have a finger on the general pulse. If you’re searching for the term “WrdPlougher” along with associated search terms such as “atrocious”, “abysmal”, “amateur” (or any other pejorative word whose spelling begins alphabets other than A), you might get so many hits that your system crashes under the impression that it is under a DDoS attack. But if you’re looking for my pseudonym in a list of those whose work is recognised, acknowledged, accepted, or lauded in their own time, you’re wasting your own time.

You see, WrdPlougher is an idiot. And the idiot who hides behind the name ‘WrdPlougher’ is a bit of an introvert, who just likes to dig deep, be creative, and contemplate on why they’re such an idiot (whenever there isn’t anything good on Netflix). Sure, even The Buddha was an introvert. But he wasn’t an idiot. And that’s the only difference between the three of us, as far as I can tell.