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For 25 years, I’ve held a long, deep-seated grudge against the New York Times Crossword puzzle. It started when a family friend gifted me a daily calendar of NYT Crossword puzzles because I was a “smart kid.” I don’t know what possessed this woman to think a 7-year-old would enjoy the NYT Crossword a puzzle famed for its difficulty but no matter how many I attempted, my puny child brain was unable to solve a single clue.
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So, when I saw that the New York Times had created a “Shattered Crossword” AR game on Instagram, I shuddered.
Cause for a Blessing
Amy Yanni makes her New York Times Crossword debut, ably abetted by Jeff Chen.
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Dec. 21, 2020
TUESDAY PUZZLE Happy Tuesday! The sign of a good puzzle, I believe, is when you come out of it smiling. We have extra reasons to smile today: The first is Amy Yanni’s New York Times Crossword debut (in a collaboration with Jeff Chen), and the second is the fact that this is such an uplifting puzzle.
Where Spiders Get Their Information
Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman are out to confuse us.
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Dec. 20, 2020
MONDAY PUZZLE We open our solving week with a collaboration between Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman, both veteran puzzle makers. They have worked together before, on at least two puzzles that ran in The New York Times.
It’s a solid crossword, even though there is not a lot that’s new here. I also have a feeling that if younger solvers try this one, they might run into more trouble than is normal on a Monday puzzle. More on that in the Tricky Clues section.
Something You Grin and Bare
Alex Eaton-Salners collaborates with his cryptologist father, Ed Salners.
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Dec. 15, 2020
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE When you have spent your career working as a cryptologist, it’s plausible to believe that you went into the field because you enjoy interpreting information and deciphering codes.
And if you went into the field because you enjoy interpreting information and deciphering codes, it’s also plausible to believe that you might have passed at least some of this interest down to your child.
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