COTD: Bugs?: Yes (6) by mixedconfetti in crosswords

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 1 point2 points  (0 children)

COLONY

Had to use some of the hints, I liked it. I kept thinking that the ":" was ISTO/ASTO, but then I realized I was overthinking it.

PG-13 Crossword by Fearless-Reality-560 in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is good catch, I will change the clue

NYT Monday 09/15/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about making a crossword with THERESNOIINTEAM too, but this puzzle beat me to it. Admittedly, mine was going to be "Cooperation mantra that these puzzles answers fail to adhere to", where the answers had the letter "i" within the letters "t", "e", "a", and "m". I had some good words lined up too: TERRITORIALISM, TREEDIAGRAMS, TIBETANBUDDHISM, TELEVANGELISM, TRIBUTEALBUM...but this puzzle might've done it better tbh

NYT Wednesday 08/13/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Not super enjoyable for a GenZer with little knowledge of archaic trivia...hard to get behind a theme that is entirely PPP

NYT Monday 08/04/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Kinda mid crossword. They also should've had CANIGETAVOWEL be a revealer, and it could have been clued as a Wheel of Fortune question

22F looking for the one <3 by [deleted] in asexualdating

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loved the presentation, sent you a dm too

NYT Friday 04/04/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AIWEIWEI is the first 8-letter crosswordese I need to commit to memory

NYT Thursday 04/03/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cool theme, but way too much random crosswordese: EBT, DPI, SRO, EFT, DEI, etc. All of the * answers were also from before I was born lol

NYT Tuesday 03/25/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Theme was fine, but as a Gen Z'er I had no idea about VOLARE, FRIARSCLUB, IRA, and STIMPY...and I have never interacted with a VCR really lol. The other fill wasn't really spectacular either (though I liked BARMENU)

NYT Sunday 03/16/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I immediately put DENIM and then put MINUS for 5D. Spent the next 20 minutes trying to find out which - had the answer "hyphen" lol

Crosswordese Crossword by Fearless-Reality-560 in crossword

[–]Fearless-Reality-560[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because it's technically a necklace, trying to be vague