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This puzzle made me unexpectedly emotional. My dear mother, may she rest in peace, loved playing games—especially Minesweeper on her old Mac desktop and the New York Times crossword. Seeing them joined together in today’s theme brought back so many memories of her. It was a bittersweet reminder of her joy in these little daily challenges, ones we often solved. Thank you for creating something that touched me so personally and let me feel close to her again, even if only for a moment.
How many versions of, “I finished this fast, it wasn’t a worthy __day puzzle” must we read? Get over yourself! Try limiting your comments to what you appreciate about the puzzle. I guarantee you’ll be a happier person when you start seeing the good rather than focusing on your dissatisfaction.
The only thing I liked about this puzzle is… Nothing. There’s nothing I liked about this one.
I just disagree. I don’t think these are the right clues for these definitions. I completely get that in crosswords we stretch what a synonym is, but these are too much and they pulled my brain muscles.
This was no fun in the app. The info button could have been used to point out that this puzzle was best done on paper.
Can NYT start another forum for everyone who wants to post to complain puzzles being easy and/or uninspired? Let the grumps have their own turf please!
@Andy W. I’m with you. Too much trivia for me to find it fun. Got the theme but still couldn’t complete the puzzle without looking up three answers.
@Mental State I’m from the U.S. and can confirm that it wasn’t a fun one even after figuring out the rebus / Independence Day theme. Thankfully the USMNT won 2-0 today so even this downer of a puzzle can’t spoil my mood.
Fun puzzle! One of my favorite aspects of puzzling is seeing in black and white that brains work in different ways. This grid had a handful of clues which weren’t “hard” but still took me a while to figure out because I just don’t think in the way this creator does. But since the difficulty was at a Tuesday level, it was fun rather than frustrating.
@Sandy I’m with you. There should be a separate forum for folks who want to complain about how easily they solved this puzzle or that other one.
@Mike R that’s a good point TOUCH ON since we’re going to have an opportunity to ELECT new representatives soon.
Please unalive this puzzle.
@Steve L, would you conceive that if you haven’t been doing the puzzle for years it is a bit esoteric of a clue?
@B stop playing the NYT crossword. Start trying to solve Cryptic crossword puzzles instead. You’ll find the challenge you seek.
I’m always excited for a Saturday pizza and grateful to the creators. But I’m here today to kvetch - Two different sets of down/across clues leading to obscure names wasn’t my favorite.
Excellent puzzle! I appreciated the new to me clue and answer sets and the overall sense of humor
Lon and Lawn do not sound alike.
All the leaves are brown/All the Lisa Browns
@JohnWM definitely a word I was unaware of before completing the puzzle. Luckily I got the across words and it fit right.
@Eli Edwards I don’t recommend eating the puzzle but it’s your call…
@Jonathan this why “John Hancock” is an old fashioned term for a signature.
@Hoo boy I found it challenging too. In a good way. I find it sometimes the crossword author and I just don’t think in the same way so they come up with synonyms that are both “right” and fun to figure out but they don’t come naturally to me. This was one of those.
@Charles Nelson Reilly agreed, I kept on looking for the images to be relevant to the answers
I don’t get it.
@Mark P I’m with you. 31 Across stumped me for a quite a while.
Solved the puzzle. Still don’t understand the theme. Please clue me in!
@Francis same but I was stumped on the artist as well and made a wrong guess
I’m still trying to understand the “rules” of crosswords. The answer to 21 across includes an initialism, but the clue doesn’t. I thought that was not kosher. Please (and thank you) explain.
@Aaron <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edumacate" target="_blank">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edumacate</a>
@Edith Maor, Skirt = skirt steak. Leaves are the salad. So a skirt with leaves is a steak salad Skirt steak was once considered an undesirable cut and you could get it for cheap but sadly it became trendy and now it’s pricier than a flank or a flat iron.
@M Aquaman me neither! I don’t get it. The theme clues don’t all seem to follow the same pattern with recurring letters.
@SusanEM Thank you for your kind, caring and generous words!
Hi all, please help me understand how lesbian bar is the answer for she’s out there. I can’t say why, but it feels grammatically mismatched.
@Nancy I liked this one too! Mostly because it doesn’t rely on knowing random names. Atwood took me a bit if time but it didn’t unfair.
@Gregg, but doesn’t that happen whenever you shuffle a deck? Why call out a specific type of shuffle in the clues? I’m not asking you to answer for the creator. I just don’t get it. Nor do I understand why one pair wasn’t shuffled.
@Infidel right there with you! The whole puzzle came together when I figured it out
@Steve L thank you so much for the help. And, what is a dead tree edition?
@sotto voce hater rhymes with gator
I finished the puzzle correctly but I don’t understand the theme. Please clue me in!
@Gregg, thank you. I guess that’s clever.
@Marc o on is always a mistake.
@David Johnson, are moose a type of deer?
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