Priya

Re: Correction for Puzzle Wednesday 13 March 2024 Love NYT crossword puzzles. Thank you for keeping me company on many sleepless nights, the puzzles simultaneously helping and exacerbating my insomnia. I would just like to point out a small error I noticed. 31 Down : Variety of Indian tea . The answer according to NYT is CHAI. This is wrong. Chai is simply the Hindi word for Tea. When you say Chai Tea , what our Indian ears hear is Tea Tea ! Thus, Chai is not a variety , just simply a word meaning tea. Now, 1 Down : Variety of Indian tea , answer ASSAM is correct. Assam is a region in India which produces this tea. Just as Darjeeling is another tea producing region. Chai ( as per Collins English Dictionary ) in British English NOUN tea, esp as made in India with added spices. Priya