![]() ![]() Find me on Twitter at and shoot me a DM, and I’ll be happy to help! Want to Submit Crosswords to The New York Times? To the people who were my SILVER LININGs through a tough year - my girlfriend Liz, my parents and uncle, my roommates and friends - thanks for being there for me.Īs always, my e-door is always open to aspiring constructors in need of a grid review, a second opinion or general crossword chitchat. Shout-out to my favorite furry friends, KOALAS, who finally found a way into one of my grids - they’ve had a tough go-around Down Under, and I’m pulling for them. The theme also required some concessions in terms of sparkling fill, but I hope you find something in here that speaks to you. It would’ve been nice to fit DOLLAR or MEDAL in, but them’s the breaks. The theme required a lot of iteration - by the time I found a grid that worked, my metaphorical recycling bin was overflowing with crumpled-up rejects. Hark! Metaphorically and literally, a SILVER LINING appeared! And boy, was this a toughie. It had been a while since I’d come up with a theme I liked, and spending more time than ever in my living room, staring at my laptop, I really felt the rut. Psyched to be back with another NYT crossword!Īs the theme might suggest, this puzzle was born in the early days of quarantine, when I was looking for a source of optimism. If you’re expecting the theme answers to be the longest across entries, you may get tripped up, but once you figure it out, it’s just a matter of knowing the trivia. ![]() I knew pretty quickly that the “Marvel character with metallic skin” is the SILVER SURFER, and filling in SURFER worked nicely with my crossers.įrom these, we can infer that each theme answer is on the edge of the grid, and is the end of a phrase that begins with SILVER. As the whole phrase doesn’t fit, we can imply silver, as the squares line the edge of the grid. ![]() An “Attractive older fellow” might be called a SILVER FOX. Let’s look at 69-Across as our example theme entry. At 33-Across, we have the clue: “With 44-Across, bit of consolation … or a feature of this puzzle’s grid?” With its partner, we get the answer SILVER LINING. For me, this theme makes the most sense if you start at the revealer. Patterson has offered us an impressive 10 theme answers and two revealers. The answer here is PRIME, as in a number that can only be divided by itself and one. The clue, “Like 20,” refers to the numbers, not the years. What I didn’t know is that the league has six teams in the LONDON AREA.ģ6A. I knew when I first read “Premier League” in the clue that it was going to be soccer (or football, as it’s called everywhere else in the world). It felt to me like cooking a new recipe for the first time, there’s a little confidence-building involved, but the payoff is worth it. There is enough trickery that it certainly belongs on Thursday, but not to the point of feeling like I was fighting with the puzzle to fill it in. CHITCHAT CROSSWORD CLUE FULLI am pleased to report that this puzzle was full of those moments for me.Īs well, I found this puzzle to be a very smooth solve, especially once I got the theme. This usually happens for me right after I fill in the answer for a tough clue. Under the weather or spill the beans e.g.THURSDAY PUZZLE - One of my favorite things about solving a puzzle is filling in an answer and making an audible sound of understanding._ peeve (minor annoyance) crossword clue.Daily Themed Mini Crossword SeptemAnswers. ![]()
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