Matt M.
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Why does the Puzzle Info section say "Each square in the shaded square is to be filled with a numerical digit"? Not only does it directly tell you that these answers include numbers, but it holds your hand by telling you the correct character set just in case you might try alpha chars first... Please - let the solver figure that out along the way! I understand that the NYT team wants to make these more accessible to a wider audience, but literally having the theme spoiled in the puzzle info is going too far. The time for a DAILY two-tiered difficulty system is long overdue. An admittedly average player like myself shouldn't be consistently finishing Saturdays and Sundays in less than 30 minutes. I don't think I'm the only person who gets relaxation and enjoyment from getting unstuck finally having that AHA theme-busting moment. There are also those users who appreciate the timed challenge aspect more. Let's have separate puzzles tailored for each group every day! Then there could be double the accepted submissions as well.
@George it is kind of obscure in a way, but the Apu Trilogy is very famous for anyone with an interest in world cinema, and probably a good amount of people that took any sort of history of cinema class in collage. These days all three parts are ranked very highly on the Letterboxd top 500 narrative features list, meaning these films appear on the most popular list on the most popular film-related app. So I think if anything they will get a bump in popularity. Check them out if you haven’t yet, they’re good!
@James B I must have been a little grouchy when I wrote my comment lol, I definitely love these puzzles and think the editors do a great job overall. Thanks for reminding me that I should have included my kudos for a job well done in my initial rant.
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