Should we feel flattered or offended? That depends upon your definition of the word “luxury” as it refers to automobiles.

As I’ve mentioned several times, I travel quite a bit. As I mentioned in my last post, I visited Ohio. On the way back home via Southwest Airlines (I love Southwest), I happened to pick up their monthly magazine, Spirit. I like to do the crossword puzzles in the back — I rarely read the articles.

That’s where things got interesting.

As I was close to finishing the Hex Files, a word puzzle in this month’s edition of Spirit, I came across the following clue:

12: A luxury se(*)ardly the type of car I’d expect to come from a Scandinavian country.

The object of this particular puzzle is to find the six-letter word (hence the word “hex” in the title) that fits into the (*), both completing the sentence and fitting into the spaces on the puzzle board.

In this case, the answer to the clue is the word Danish. Thus, the completed sentence is as follows:

12: A luxury sedan is hardly the type of car I’d expect to come from a Scandinavian country.

So, the question is this: Is this a good thing or a bad thing? If luxury means the luxo-cruiser with overstuffed pillow-like leather and a vanity mirror on the visor, it a good thing for Saab. If luxury sedan means a premium, high-quality car, then it’s bad.

So, which one is it? I think since this is an American magazine it means the Lincoln/Caddilac luxury car, so I’m good with it.

Complete puzzle and solution after the break.

The Hex Files

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