This is the crossword puzzle thread

The most recent Saturday was another tough one, especially the SE. Nearly a DNF.

Did pretty well for Bosword's week 1!

Boswords week 1 wrecked me, but I did much better on week 2

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/crosswords/do-you-play-spelling-bee-lets-talk.html

Made a boneheaded error in week 2. :(

Did the puzzle today for the first time since, well, whenever I last posted here. Seemed super easy for a Friday.

Same re: Boswords. 'loci' for 'foci' and another error took my score to the crapper.

oh that was my week 1 mistake too!

434 monday is my new top speed. I think i am approaching apex there for me.

some nice chewy answers on saturday. loved it.

Saturday was really challenging! But well-constructed enough that I didn't get naticked.

I see the Bosword standings for week 2, and they did not dock me for my incorrect answers (unless I had a major brain fart and actually answered correctly).

I don’t seem to have shown up in the week 2 bosword standings?

boswords week 3 was tough, got in under 12 minutes clean

Tricky Thursday!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/crosswords/spellingbee-puzzles.html

i finally went back to that thursday y'all were tripping on... it's a pain!

if you want a thursday trip, try 15 september 2016

will peek

just looked at that one again, brutal. probably my worst thursday time ever

Oh yeah i remember that one too

odd wednesday

I had to cheat today. :\

yeah this was real tough for a Wednesday, also I think I said this upthread but I really hate running quote puzzles - they’re never really worth it

I forgot who carrie bradshaw was but somehow didn’t have any trouble today.

am incredibly close to Queen Bee as well today (I think) but feel like I’m at the limit of my vocabulary.

man i got SO close on spelling bee today

i realize that rex parker only actually likes about one puzzle per week, but sometimes it's funny to do one you know he's gonna absolutely loathe

I think writing a crossword review every day for however many years has driven him mad

I never remember to check how many clues I've gotten wrong when I submit in Boswords, does anyone know of any way to check after I've completed (besides waiting for the final standings to post)?

it shows you when you submit your answers, but if you miss that you might have to just wait for the results or for the solution to post

Oof, Boswords this week is tough, needed almost 20 minutes to solve, though it came out clean at least.

yeah killed me too

Dammit I forgot to do Boswords this week before the cutoff and so I'm saddled with a 0.

https://www.twitch.tv/nytgames

I need to forget I saw that.

Same probably

Do any of you guys do the Stumper? Can't remember if I asked.

I do it, but check answers a lot

Finished 137 in Boswords, that's about as high as I could have expected

the newsday stumper? haven’t done one in awhile. i love a challenging xword but the stumpers are such a slog

came across ‘org. that tracks baby name popularity’ but JAYMC didn’t fit

Naticked today.

50A / 43D?

That and 34D.

OK I solved it after looking up 56A -- as I was deciding between CORNISH PASTA and CORNISH PASTE. (I wish I weren't so beholden to maintaining THE STREAK.)

The last Evan Birnholtz wapo crossword of 2020, "5x5", is a meta around three layers deep, something you don't see very often.

Here's the solution if you don't like doing metas: https://crosswordfiend.com/2020/12/26/sunday-december-27-2020/#wp

Big fan of the WSJ's monthly cryptic, but it seems to have ceased - nothing since October: https://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/category/cryptic/

It’s still there, WSJ is just bad at labeling. You can find all the links here: http://chall.us/hex/hex_all_wsj.html

Thanks. I often can’t find that as well.

i really liked last saturday’s nyt. extremely tricky and non-obvious

https://studyhall.xyz/how-the-new-york-times-crossword-became-too-big-to-fail/