Stumped by ‘Breaks Down’ Crossword? Find the answer here!

Once upon a time, a girl named Lily was having a really bad day. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. She forgot her homework at home, her favorite mug shattered by accident, and her best friend cancelled their plans. Lily was at the verge of breaking down but she kept it all inside and tried to be strong.

She went home and saw her little brother playing with his jigsaw puzzle. She asked if she could join in and together they tried to figure out where the puzzle pieces fit. But no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn’t get it right. Lily’s brother exclaimed, “I give up, let’s break it apart!” And that’s when it hit Lily. She had been holding in all her negative emotions, without breaking them down and dealing with them.

Lily went to her room, locked the door, and let it all out. She cried and cried until she had no more tears left. She realized that sometimes breaking down is the only way to move forward. And that’s when she felt a sense of relief, her problems didn’t go away, but she felt better about confronting them.

The next day, Lily solved the crossword clue “Breaks down” and the answer – “SOBS” made perfect sense to her. Just like how she had to break down and cry to confront her problems, that’s what ‘SOBS‘ meant – it’s okay to break down and cry to deal with life’s challenges.