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Classic Party Game Ella Dershowitz makes her New York Times Crossword debut, ably abetted by Aimee Lucido. BYOB. An 1886 sketch of an Irish Halloween celebration, which included the party game of “bobbing for apples.”Credit...Hulton Archive, via Getty Images Jan. 13, 2021 THURSDAY PUZZLE — If, like me, you are the sort of person who likes to hedge your bets, then you probably like to know when more than one answer is allowed in a puzzle. The whole “more than one answer” thing is anathema to some solvers anyway, because they resolutely believe that each answer, nay, each square, shou...

Busting Moves Paolo Pasco trips the light fantastic. Rubin Limardo Gascon, of Venezuela, in action against Bartosz Piasecki, of Norway, in an Individual Epee gold medal match at the London Olympic Games, 2012.Credit...Jed Jacobsohn for The New York Times Jan. 2, 2021 SUNDAY PUZZLE — We have had a long run of excellent and tricky themeless weekend puzzles from Paolo Pasco, so when I saw his name today, I anticipated a lot of complexity and intrigue. I didn’t realize that this is only his second Sunday puzzle for the Times. This is unacceptable: Mr. Pasco is practically out of college (a ju...

Last modified on Mon 21 Dec 2020 03.01 EST For those new to the style: Every square is part of an across as well as a down answer. The clues are straight, if at first ambiguous, and crossing letters much more important than with UK crosswords. The entries contain fragments of phrases and abbreviations as well as “dictionary words”. .puz files can be opened in Across Lite or Crossword Solver – solvers who don’t fancy that should use the print version. Your own puzzles are very welcome. The answers to this puzzle can be seen in the digital version or in this pdf. And the pre...