it's a basketball term
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
I did not like Thursday's, especially since I got stuck and left it and completely forgot to try to finish it, thus ending my nascent streak.
― Elementary, My Dear Hoatzin (Leee), Saturday, 22 May 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
Is today's NYT puzzle a themeless, i.e. not a rebus? I'm getting naticked, AGAIN.
― BABA BUOY (Leee), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
Today has no rebuses, no. The long answers are multi-word, but not unsolvable imo
― I can yeet a yeti (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
I didn't know 32A or 56A but the downs worked
― I can yeet a yeti (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
I had an error elsewhere yesterday which I finally caught. Streak still intact, with minimal cheating.
Today's another hard one, but I liked the bottom half a lot. The cluing for the NW felt too slippery for me, though.
― BABA BUOY (Leee), Saturday, 3 July 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
today's NW featured a word i was wholly unfamiliar with -- which, fine, i learned something new -- and a form of a common word that i don't believe anyone has ever used. all of which really exposed my supernatural-teen-drama-protagonist weakness. probably spent half of my total time in that corner
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
feel like a real crossword guy now that i've developed a STYE
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 August 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
The clues today are really hard, especially that NW.
― Carte Blanchett (Leee), Saturday, 11 September 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
When both Jeff Chen and Rex Parker sing the praises of a puzzle, you know you've got a good one. Really good fill and cluing today, if on the easy side (I set a personal best for a Saturday).
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Saturday, 4 December 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
So you are saying I should come out of hiding and try to solve
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
i liked it. many cheesy jokes. 38 down questionable. 22 across ok i’ll allow it. 56 down the kind of boiled down essence of what you’re going for on a saturday, kudos.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
12 down was a bit of Leo pointing at the tv
― KPH, Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
I didn't even know Across Lite and .puz had gone away.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
Gone off the internet because of clues.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
Hated yesterday's, nearly broke my streak of 200+.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
agreed
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
yeah i didn’t care for it either, lots of annoying fill/cluing. i was particularly annoyed by the clue for 41-across, which i didn’t understand at all. that punny use of “natural” seems pretty obscure to me?
― donna rouge, Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
Same here. The entire puzzle is a pile up of obscure cluing and/or answers, NE is absolutely heinous.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
So are y'all using the app, web and/or phone? Does it affect your solving speed or do you care?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 January 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
App is my only access and I usually do the easier ones in bed when I wake with raging anxiety. I make so many typos I reckon it adds 10% to my solve times tho.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 10 January 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
I guess the way you can switch between the phone app and web app is nice.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 January 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
Probably best for me not to worry about time for the time being
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
I use all "three" (really, it's just mobile vs. web IMO), though tellingly, the only time I posted a sub-4:00 solve was on web (via laptop).
― Rabbit Pen Warren (Leee), Monday, 10 January 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
mostly use apps these days. i did just do that super-mega crossword from the NYT puzzlemania insert the other day in pencil, but it’s not like i had any other choice. i do enjoy the physical act of writing in letters but apps are just more convenient for how i solve in everyday life i guess
― donna rouge, Monday, 10 January 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
I usually do the daily NYTs on the website via laptop. The app is frustrating because it's hard to see the acrosses and downs at the same time. I can do a Monday on the app because it is literally just typing, but past Wednesday I need more information before committing to an answer.
Fireballs I print out and do in ink on paper.
For the Bee I use the app until I get to Genius, then I need a different window for the Forum hints, which are usually required to get to Queendom.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 10 January 2022 18:54 (two years ago) link
Another nice thing about the web and phone apps is that they are integrated with other things so clicking on a date or link in xwordinfo, say, brings up the puzzle in question.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 January 2022 18:58 (two years ago) link
I like printing em out, idk
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:24 (two years ago) link
Probably for the best. B-b-but then you don't get the instant gratification of e-checking! Oh wait.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:42 (two years ago) link
When I'm working on paper and finish a New Yorker or Fireball, I am starting to hear the NYT "finished" noise in my head
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:53 (two years ago) link
I let my Fireball subscription lapse finally, despite the flood of emails Peter sends to remind me what I am missing
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
yeah I let fireball lapse this year too. still subscribing to avxclub and the great aries themelesses.
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, Aries. Does he still do the Rows Garden?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
yeah I think so. didn't keep up with those, but they're a cool puzzle.
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 05:14 (two years ago) link
Okay, I like Wednesday’s gimmick.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 03:58 (two years ago) link
Okay, so do people generally like the default setting that when you are done with one word you skip to the next, or does anyone switch that off, like me?
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 21 January 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
Anyway, Stella's Saturday Stumper for Newsday yesterday was reallly good.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 January 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
under ten minutes for the nyt saturday this week is close to a record for me, think it was an easy one tho
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 23 January 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/new-york-times-crossword-puzzle-making-history-will-sho-1848440135
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Friday, 28 January 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
Cool. Wish they hadn’t kept misspelling Tausig though.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 January 2022 22:35 (two years ago) link
The very beginning of timethe Shortz Era has some bizarre puzzles by constructors from the prior epoch who only got one puzzle in with Will and then were gone. Talking to you, Tom Underhill.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 January 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
The article leaves out a lot of the more damning stuff about the beanball kerfuffle, i.e. Jeff Chen pointing out the offensiveness prior to the puzzle's publication.
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Friday, 28 January 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
Also the recent "clean coal" nonsense: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2022/01/forlorn-directionless-type-mon-1-10-22_10.html
― Gowron Hubbard (Leee), Friday, 28 January 2022 22:55 (two years ago) link
also 'beaner' isn't really a baseball term ('beanball', sure)
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 January 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
On March 21, 1943, the New York Times crossword clue was “author of a bestseller.” The answer: five letters long “HITLER.”
I...
Um...
I counted several times and keep getting six letters. What am I missing?
― Bill Kristol Meth (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 29 January 2022 00:26 (two years ago) link
Might have something to do with the extra ‘s’ in *Taussig*
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 January 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
Article about the "Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle" has surprisingly messy editing
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 29 January 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
That whole paragraph about the word "gluttonous" makes no sense
― Josefa, Saturday, 29 January 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed today’s NYT but then I caught up on one rare (for the puzzle and probably outside, although it makes sense) word that had two crossings I wasn’t sure of. One I could figure out the other I couldn’t.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:20 (two years ago) link
Kind of kicking myself because I have seen and maybe even used this word but in context couldn’t see it.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:22 (two years ago) link