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Rowayton, CT
Easy but clever and satisfying fill by a brilliant young college student. Very sad that her lab partner did not live to see this. <a href="https://www.hmc.edu/in-memoriam/arjun-vattipalli-27" target="_blank">https://www.hmc.edu/in-memoriam/arjun-vattipalli-27</a>/
As el said, hard to get a handle on missing letters you can’t see. Also, too much trivia for me, I prefer solving good riddles.
The double digits are arbitrary and in no way reflect the typos that fat fingers produce. Disappointed in this and so much else about the NYTimes recently.
Figuring out homophones suggested by overly simplified drawings was annoying enough, worse when they weren’t even real words. This felt like a puzzle on a kids’ menu at space camp!
Excellent fun, not too much pop culture, just good witty clues.
Beyond clever and obscure to the point of cruelty! Not fun.
When I don’t particularly enjoy the challenge of solving for obscure trivia, I do appreciate the opportunity such fills give me to deepen my knowledge of the world. 17A sent me way down a rabbit hole reading history of the Nutcracker. I’ll enjoy that more than ever this holiday season.
This was a fun fill, one that elicited a loud GO HEELS! at the finish.
@Kerri Yes, fresh eyes see that today!
@Judy My mother-in-law had no fewer than 7 Sheps growing up in the 40’s and 50’s!
Sweet little Tuesday puzzle. I would just like to point out that back in the day, doing crossword puzzles with pencil and paper, there was zero percent chance you would ever accidentally change a correctly filled letter! It drives me crazy!
@DK agreed, but py is not a word
@Steve L I understood the trick just fine, solved the puzzle no problem—it just didn’t strike me as appropriate for an NYTimes crosswords.
@Daniel Aaron punished for success
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