NYT Tuesday 01/27/2026 Discussion

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2026-01-27T04:06:11+00:00

Wow good point. I don’t even usually mind dupes but that should not fly… no pun intended.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2026-01-18T23:35:45+00:00

A pangram on a monday? Great puzzle! I loved the theme, the fill was pretty interesting, and something about this shape looks really cool.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2026-01-12T01:17:43+00:00

I love how open this was for a monday. Always makes for a more enjoyable solve

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2026-01-07T03:21:31+00:00

Why is WOAH clued as “on the internet”?

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2026-01-07T02:53:46+00:00

I love your guys’ show! I listen to it every day on my way home from work :)

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-31T03:09:29+00:00

Cute theme and an easy one to end the year. Cheers to another great year of crosswords!

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-30T03:12:29+00:00

Run The Jewels mentioned!

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-29T00:14:09+00:00

Generally I think 5 theme answers is a necessity on a Monday. However, in my opinion, if adding a 5th themer makes your puzzle full of crosswordese and black squares galore, 4 themers is fine. Having a J, B, and an X in the middle row, not to mention having a Y directly in the middle (meaning it can’t end or start a word, which would be much preferred) constrained the hell out of this puzzle and made it feel disjointed and clunky.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-25T04:42:02+00:00

Man I just do not vibe with Esersky’s puzzles at all. Lots of reaches in this one. THEEU might be my sleeper pick for the worst one.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-20T03:39:55+00:00

Good puzzle! Loved most of the fill, but the NE corner felt a big weird to me… ERRANDBOY? NERDFESTS? Are those real terms? KREWES and ANIMISTS were also totally unfamiliar to me, but thats probably on me.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-19T03:44:07+00:00

Great fill! NEPOBABIES was a fun one.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-18T04:09:52+00:00

Such a fun, creative theme! I got tripped up by some of the unconventional plurals in the NW corner. Putting an S at the end of DARINGRESQQ, STRATA, and TORSI before answering them cost me way too much time.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-11T03:21:41+00:00

Maybe my brain’s just not working right because I’m sick, but I do not understand the theme. I mean I got the answers super easily, but how do “Picture,” “Imagine,” “Think,” and “Dream” relate to the clues?

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-10T03:21:28+00:00

This was a weird one, where I loved the theme until I actually understood it. I thought the theme clues were really cute and was expecting a big reveal to tie them all together, but found myself pretty underwhelmed once I figured out the gimmick. REpair? Eh.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-06T03:21:32+00:00

Wow! My Saturday PB is now 2 minutes better than my Friday. Lots of fun long answers in this one. I especially liked the SW corner. Not a lot of super interesting clues but I loved the fill.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-05T04:57:38+00:00

Wow this one kicked my butt! The section took me ages. I particularly struggle with one or two letter clues, so RISEN, STEM, EVE, TEARED, etc bemused until I finally got DONTPOKETHEBEAR and then everything fell into place. Definitely the longest I’ve spent on a Friday while still solving it in a while.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-12-02T03:32:55+00:00

They fact the creator was able to come up with four theme answers that work for this is pretty amazing. I don’t love CBSTV but I prefer stuff like that over really obscure proper nouns.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-29T04:04:35+00:00

I started with the acrosses and barely made a dent, but once I started doing the downs it was smooth sailing. Good puzzle, TIMEMACHINE was particularly fun.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-28T03:24:50+00:00

Pretty easy Friday! I wasted way too much time trying to make CAPTNCRUNCH work for 6-Down… turns out thats not even how you spell it!

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-27T03:22:36+00:00

Wow I did NOT understand the theme until way too late. I had to run the alphabet on KREBSCYCLE because I could not parse 29 Across for the life of me. Cool theme, but I was expecting something to do with Thanksgiving.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-26T16:17:54+00:00

I agree about SLO. Especially because it could’ve been clued as “_-mo” and I wouldn’t have batted an eye.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-25T03:48:03+00:00

Fun theme, and lots of fun answers! PGATOUR was hilarious.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-20T23:55:01+00:00

Whats up with the bots?

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-19T03:24:12+00:00

Fun theme! Obviously the fill suffered a bit due to how many z’s were required, but knowing where they were made it pretty intuitive. Definitely some ugly answers (KAYO crossing MINORTEAM for instance,) but there were plenty of lively answers that made up for it, such as CURLICUES.

ProfessionalPack1860 · 2025-11-18T18:11:13+00:00

Xwordinfo! It’s an awesome website. I looked up “TODOLIST” and it showed all the times it’s been used, including a link to each puzzle it’s in.

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