Sunday was a bit of a headfuck, I only figured out the gimmick after I’d ground through the whole thing using crosses.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 22 May 2022 10:33 (four years ago)
I saw the gimmick early on but didn’t have much of a reaction to this puzzle pro or con. I started it last night, didn’t feel like bothering and picked up again this morning.
― Apollo and the Aqueducts (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 May 2022 12:53 (four years ago)
Today's is chewy -- tough but fair, if that's something you enjoy.
― Averaged Sevenfold (Leee), Friday, 27 May 2022 18:20 (four years ago)
And again today. YMMV but I really enjoyed it despite nearly not finishing. Clues were difficult but not arbitrary, and some nice fill too. (It does have glue but I'm more tolerant of it especially if it's balanced it by good fill.)
― Averaged Sevenfold (Leee), Saturday, 28 May 2022 17:44 (four years ago)
And if I scared you off, Rex calls both days exceptionally easy, so maybe I'm just obtuse.
― Averaged Sevenfold (Leee), Saturday, 28 May 2022 17:47 (four years ago)
I did both. They weren’t particularly hard or easy. More of the medium challenge I am willing to accept these days.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 May 2022 17:54 (four years ago)
the port authority/fields medal winner cross was rough
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 May 2022 21:14 (four years ago)
Was wondering why I never saw you on the math threads.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 May 2022 21:31 (four years ago)
Tomorrow’s puzzle seems really boring.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 May 2022 00:33 (four years ago)
Sez I as I peer into my 🔮
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 May 2022 00:34 (four years ago)
Natick today in the NW. :(
― Gianni Fursace (Leee), Thursday, 2 June 2022 17:31 (four years ago)
Keith Hernandez just noted on tonight’s Mets broadcast there will a nyt xword themed around him this summer, right around the time his number is retired
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 02:41 (three years ago)
MEX
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 02:49 (three years ago)
Today (Tuesday) is scarily good. Not too difficult, but with a clever theme, good cluing, and some unusual words with crunchy consonant clusters. I particularly liked CMON, RXS, MRT, CBER, and ONSAFARI.
― Nutellanor Roosevelt (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 11:39 (three years ago)
Didn't like it as much as you did, but yeah, pretty substantial for a Tuesday.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 16:13 (three years ago)
Thurs 9D!
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 02:07 (three years ago)
They must have seen my screenname.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 12:07 (three years ago)
I passed Ben ταυσίγ this morning and mentioned that but he hadn’t done it yet.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:35 (three years ago)
feel like several of today’s clues were slightly off
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 June 2022 18:13 (three years ago)
Yeah
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:40 (three years ago)
It feels as if there are more factually or grammatically incorrect clues in the NYT nowadays than ever before, perhaps a side effect of the obsessive pursuit of counterintuitiveness and misdirection.
― Josefa, Saturday, 11 June 2022 19:53 (three years ago)
Yes. This kind of thing in general is why I have mostly preferred cryptics for a long while.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:09 (three years ago)
23D where I had PINE instead of PITY nearly had me with a DNF.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:14 (three years ago)
I wish I could do cryptics. Some day I’ll get around to it.
― Josefa, Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:19 (three years ago)
@Leee haha same
― KPH, Saturday, 11 June 2022 20:38 (three years ago)
I had something else wrong there
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 21:23 (three years ago)
Okay, Sunday’s is fun.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 June 2022 00:07 (three years ago)
loved today’s, from 1A on. :)
― Roz, Thursday, 16 June 2022 12:21 (three years ago)
otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:00 (three years ago)
love to see 62D in the grid but let’s show some respect to the cornet
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2022 05:22 (three years ago)
Yes
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 June 2022 11:57 (three years ago)
stumbled a bit on today’s mostly because I first filled in 60A with LETSTAKEOURTIME, which still has some shared letters with the right answer, and so led to some confusion on my part
― donna rouge, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:35 (three years ago)
I thought today was going to break my streak because I know nothing about comic books & never saw 12 Years a Slave and this stuff was all jammed in the top corner
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:45 (three years ago)
yeah today’s was pretty name-heavy, also not a comics person and think i only vaguely knew about 1A from twitter
― donna rouge, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:48 (three years ago)
Sunday puzzle fine I guess.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 June 2022 23:23 (three years ago)
liked friday's a lot
― symsymsym, Sunday, 19 June 2022 18:29 (three years ago)
couple funny clues along with good fill
― flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:38 (three years ago)
The conceit of the traffic lights was pretty cool. Very hard in places for a non North American, NW corner particularly
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:42 (three years ago)
i liked it fine enough but 43D is bad
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 June 2022 21:59 (three years ago)
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 June 2022 22:05 (three years ago)
Enjoyed today’s.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 11:05 (three years ago)
How did people feel about today’s puzzle?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:34 (three years ago)
nice concept once i got it but found some of the other fill kind of tricky/annoying
― donna rouge, Friday, 1 July 2022 00:35 (three years ago)
I liked it after I figured out the gimmick, but yeah, my initial run through the grid also made me feel like I was wearing a helmet of needles.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:39 (three years ago)
^thirdedwas that a reference to an episode of Married With Children?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 00:53 (three years ago)
solid premise imo
33A is bullshit tho; hazards/traps are explicitly not on greens
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 July 2022 00:58 (three years ago)
Tea kettles let off steam not teapots or am I crazy
― Josefa, Saturday, 2 July 2022 01:36 (three years ago)
I did it too late at night and didn't understand the revealer correctly, drove me insane until I stared and it clicked. Clever tho. I'd no idea that word referred to a firework, either.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 2 July 2022 07:02 (three years ago)
I like Sunday 65D
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 July 2022 01:40 (three years ago)