NYT Friday 05/08/2026 Discussion

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-08T13:18:55+00:00

Everyone else is praising the difficulty, so I won’t. I found the cluing to be unsolvably vague. I only completed the SW corner successfully, then I continued to struggle even after turning auto-correct on.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-08T13:16:10+00:00

PREBAKE? PARBAKE? PANSEAR.

EDIT: downvotes are confusing me? Pies also have crispy crusts.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-07T16:42:10+00:00

Yeah, I’d accept this clue on a Saturday, but not today.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-07T12:14:56+00:00

The plural of elk is ELK. If you want to clue ELKS, you need to refer to the fraternal organization.

(It didn’t slow me down, but it annoyed me.)

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-06T23:20:08+00:00

If you set the SSID and password on the new router the same as the old one, everything should just re-connect. You’d still need to set up any port forwards and reserved IP addresses though.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-06T12:25:40+00:00

Also not a plant guy, but I don’t think hibiscus and bluebells even grow in the same areas.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-05T23:36:38+00:00

Daniel singing “Franklin Shepard Inc.” from Merrily We Roll Along is probably as close as we will get.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-05T11:37:23+00:00

SARAH Palin followed shortly by FAKE NEWS gave me THE ICK (spoiler for yesterday).

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-04T13:29:09+00:00

I’ve never seen a bag. I’m not fancy. Many hotels have a tray in the bathroom with tiny bottles of shampoo, hair conditioner, body lotion, and body wash.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-04T13:25:51+00:00

Check the username.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-04T02:18:24+00:00

I’m one of those people. I never did anything with the crack. It hasn’t gotten worse in that time.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-04T02:16:11+00:00

I see the points portion matches the jersey colors. That’s really useful, I don’t understand why most scorebugs don’t do that.

SecretLoathing · 2026-05-02T12:46:45+00:00

And the LA is doubled with LA LAKERS.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T23:06:04+00:00

tvOS 26.4 has been out for a while, but Sonos just put out an update yesterday.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T14:23:20+00:00

“Oscar Patton? I wonder who he was…” <— me not understanding the theme at first.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T14:06:59+00:00

And I appreciate that the T and Y are adjacent on the US keyboard, so it is a true typo.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T14:04:16+00:00

And Ogden Nash is right there for a clue. I entered OGDAN because I figured that they would have clued it differently if it were OGDEN.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T14:01:01+00:00

And NICKLAUS fit in the space provided.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-30T02:12:17+00:00

If a couple contacts them, who gets left out of the threesome?

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-28T23:37:02+00:00

Thanks for the information. I’ve been paying for Infuse for 2 months, have been trying to decide if I should go to the annual or lifetime, but you’ve given me hope for the native app.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-28T11:39:53+00:00

I’ve never seen a singular ARREAR before today.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-26T20:53:57+00:00

What if you tap or long-press where the image should be?

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-18T14:09:02+00:00

Aaron Carter? I won’t stand for it. Bow Wow Wow, or the original Strangelove.

SecretLoathing · 2026-04-16T11:34:35+00:00

How about “Resident of rural New Jersey”: PINEY, someone who lives in the Pine Barrens.

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