Valerie

I wonder if anyone remembers The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension or John Lithgow’s great line: “Laugh while you can, monkey boy! I’ve been doing the NYT crossword for about 40 years and I’m no longer able to solve them the way I once did. So, as a sort of memento mori postcard I say to all of you at the top of your game, with affection, laugh while you can monkey boy! I keep playing anyway.

I enjoyed the puzzle up until the triple rebus which I thought was three steps too far.

I don’t think it’s quite Marquis of Queensbury rules to use computer programs to set crosswords. Call me old fashioned but I never expected to solve against ENIAC.

The expression is “down to the wire”.