Stuck on 22-Across? Learn how to fix it now!

Once upon a time, there was a successful businessman named Peter who loved to go on hikes in the great outdoors. One day, while hiking up a steep mountain, he suddenly noticed that his boots had started to tear apart at the soles. Not wanting to give up on his trek, Peter decided to be resourceful and pulled out his trusty toolbox. With some elbow grease and a bit of glue, he managed to patch up the soles of his boots.

Of course, his boots didn’t look brand new, but they were certainly fixed enough to make it to the top of the mountain and back. When he got home, his wife teased him about the patches on his boots, but Peter just smiled and said, “Sometimes you have to resole things to keep them going.”

As it turned out, Peter’s resourcefulness inspired a friend of his to fix his own shoes when they started to wear out. Soon, many people in their community started to do the same – resoling their shoes instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. And that’s how the clue ‘Fixes, as a 22-Across‘ came to be associated with the answer ‘RESOLES‘ in crossword puzzles around the world.