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It’s 2024. Can’t NYT games get an app developer? It’s not even a free app. Think I paid $40 for it. Features that are essential to solving the puzzle that aren’t available in the app. Crazy!
It’s Baja California not Baja Mexico. It’s in Mexico :)
@Steph 100%. To me the ones written about in the column are almost invariably the first clues I got
@Matt tell me you’re old without telling me you’re old ;-)
@dutchiris you live in Berkeley and you’ve never heard of reiki? That seems impossible !
INAPT? For the longest time I had Gaia instead of ISIS
I’m surprised at the number of people griping about ASLAN. Did everyone not grow up reading The Chronicles of Narnia?
One of the cleverest crosswords I’ve ever done. Despite it taking me four minutes longer than my average Wednesday time! Kudos to the constructor!
TREEPOSE is not for beginners. Had “mountain” at first but realized it didn’t work with the down clues
Got tripped up by the cross of the trumpeter and the Flying Cloud/Royale, hadn’t heard of either. Fun theme though!
Once again, the “tricky clues” were the most obvious ones!
Isn’t it spelled NAVAJO?
Can someone explain POLECAR to me? I thought it was pacecar but got it from the cross with LTS
@Steven M. 18 minutes? Wow. It took me a lot longer than that
@dk I had only ever skied in the US until last year. In the Alps there were a lot of t-bars to get to the slopes that led to the lifts
@Charlie only one of if not the biggest union in the world, responsible for many worker protections
May I ask, how long did this puzzle take others? It took me 18 minutes and 19 seconds. I’m just curious if that’s super slow or kind of average
The tricky clues are almost always the ones I had already figured out… but then I’m left trying to figure out what I missed!
@Connor other than REOS none of those are obscure. Maybe you’d be happier doing a London crossword? “When in Rome,” as they say
How have people not heard the word LOTHARIO???
In the end I got everything but still wasn’t getting the music… turned out I had written UNBOND and “ore” didn’t stick out to me as glaringly incorrect. Wasn’t sure OSRIC was correct but I was pretty sure about my crosses for it
@Melissa I once met her at the symphony while we were both waiting in line for the bathroom. Lovely and funny!
@Sam it’s the New York Times crossword. New York is in North America. And there are 400 million people in the United States
The GRE is for grad school. People wanting to get MBAs have to take the GMAT… don’t editors check these kinds of clues before the puzzle goes live?
Awwww I miss the arclight! Victim of the pandemmy
Yes Caitlin Clark is as famous here as anywhere! I know people who have gone to games at crypto arena just to see her play
@Jane Wheelaghan I live by the pacific coast, hadn’t heard of NEAP tide (started with “roll” and had to adjust- got it from crosses but didn’t know what it meant!) thank you for sharing! For some reason the “tricky clues” explained in the column are usually the ones I got on my own
I enjoyed the loop de loops. TOOOLD and ECOcide were the most challenging ones for me personally
@Jeff I guess you did not grow up ordering things from the backs of magazines
Seems odd to explain BARBELLS in the tricky clues and not DEKES. (I watch a fair amount of hockey maybe the commentators have said it and I didn’t register)
@HeathieJ the extremely fast passage of time outside of crosswords made me laugh! (Though I’ll admit it passed extreeeeeeeemely slowly at my B job sometimes)
I keep forgetting about the rebus! I thought immediately of DESDEMONA but since it didn’t fit I thought maybe I was forgetting one of the characters. Similar issue with TEA TROLLEY. Would never have thought of MICROGREENS or MANGO LEMONADE on my own. But I like the theme of monster mash especially for Halloween!
A CONNECTIONS comment: (spoiler alert!) Cocoa doesn’t have caffeine
Love done? Kind of awkward. Otherwise a fun quick solve
@Helen Wright yesterday I came in above my average time for a Monday which I don’t think had happened in over a year so I would agree yesterday’s puzzle was very difficult for a Monday!
Can someone please explain 7D?
@Shari Coats I agree. Yammer is a word. I’ve never heard anyone say yabber, including the aussies I’ve known
@Charlie it was a genuine question and I shared my time so as not to be coy
@Turing to each his own. ZERO MOSTEL was a gimme for me and helped me get some good info for crosses. MAA instead of bAA for pasture sound was what tripped me up for a minute
@Charlie I also had thou at first
@Paige Selden I believe that is debatable
@Paige Selden some sources say Catherine others says Kateryn. I have not seen Katherine for her. Katherine Howard yes
@Francis they are SAG terms for television roles. Co star is the smallest, usually just a few lines and they only give information. Guest stars are larger and more fundamental. Recurring means multiple episodes. Series regular is someone contracted for the whole season of the show.
People saying they did this in 7 minutes… oof. Took me 19. Not the fault of the puzzle at all.
@Darren in 2025 I can’t believe there’s a person who has never heard of a MEET-CUTE.
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