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Just a note from a non-US American reading all the worried comments about how non-Americans might be struggling : Not at all. Firstly, we are here at The New York Times. Any non-American doing the puzzle shows at least some interest in the ongoings and culture history of the country. And in general an intellectual. Also educated. Also has general knowledge. Further, the 250th anniversary of USA is news in Europe and other parts of the world. Any news piece, especially in NYT, but not only, French and German language papers, too, along with the significance of the date is providing some background basic knowledge to what exactly is being celebrated. And the 13 colonies is the foundational(!) part of it. Technically it was a difficult puzzle but not more than it was to any US American.
@Dante Not at all. Firstly, we are here at The New York Times. Any non-American doing the puzzle shows at least some interest in the ongoings and culture history of the country. And in general an intellectual. Also educated. Also has general knowledge. Further, the 250th anniversary of USA is news in Europe and other parts of the world. Any news piece, especially NYT, along with the significance of the date is providing some background basic knowledge to what exactly is being celebrated. Technically it was a difficult puzzle but not more than it was to any US American.
The first name of Atatürk is Mustafa, however. Being a common first name this error coming from NYT surprises me.
@ani Add to that: The World Cup going on in the States, there is double coverage on all of this. I am just hoping that France gets to play on 14th of July.
Well, as I expected at least one welcome message to our new columnist but didn’t read any, I will end my silence and take the lead to do so. Welcome, Sean. And good luck! The Onion is a piece of cake next to what you will get to taste here. 🧅 🍰
@SP Born and raised in Istanbul, thank you for seeing it, like I did the moment I read the clue.
The cat as a potato - that put a huge smile on my face. Brilliant and cutest…
@Red Carpet For the puzzle of the day, you can go to the sections in the NYT app and have the wordplay on a separate screen. But, yes, for the puzzles of another day, you are kind of stuck with the i tab on the games app - unless you do a deep search in the paper app, which has its own glitches.
I would love it when this could become a general Wednesday pattern. I really enjoyed it. (The grid can be little different to avoid too much of a three word entries, but still…)
@Heidi coffee, cigarettes and a cat on the lap… morning radio in the background… 🖤
@Heidi and some black chocolate
@Fzgx Same here. I thought it was the heat. But then again, I realised, no other app was closing.
@Steve L Because I had not heard of the island 🏝️ I looked it up on the Maps app on my iPad with “Nauru“. Seems like they have not updated it either.
@Andrzej That’s a shame because it had a European theme and a playful revealer literally across the puzzle.
@MB Once I go through the puzzle by myself, that takes couple of rounds and a round with auto-check - I go to wordplay and move a word at a time. Yes, it contains help, explanations, etymology and free to use. As it’s mentioned regularly by the columnists there everyone their own way.
@GB There was already so much Austria in this puzzle, they thought maybe and cut at the wrong place.
@Weak We all know why you started to come here every day. (And I just realised we can’t use any emojis here…)
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