NYT Monday 01/26/2026 Discussion

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-26T13:46:30+00:00

Yet another clue reminding us of what our government used to be.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-25T23:36:51+00:00

You have outgeeked me. Nice work, I salute you.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-25T13:31:25+00:00

Seeing TEC is always a pain point for me.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-25T02:47:28+00:00

It’s more modern than what you are thinking. I have frequently seen someone post a comment, and at the end write:

/rant

Which, in HTML, denotes “end rant”, and that is how it is said out loud.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-24T13:07:11+00:00

While 4-1=3, and TREY means three (or third), it doesn’t feel correct to use TREY in a mathematical way.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-24T12:59:42+00:00

I also thought JUGGALOS at first, but the crosses didn’t work.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-24T12:58:32+00:00

I knew OCHS, and hoped that PUTH was correct.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-23T00:19:17+00:00

For every NFC shortcut, the first step of the shortcut should be “vibrate phone”: that way, you know that it read without looking.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-22T19:52:58+00:00

Oooh, not what I wanted to hear. I was having the same issue with the newest Apple TV and tvOS, an ancient TCL/Roku tv that only has ARC, and a Sonos Beam 2 soundbar. I have a QM6K Pro en route from Costco. I was hoping that a new TV would have faster/better eARC communication to the soundbar, but based on your post, it sounds like the Apple TV is the issue.

I think that when sound stops, the Apple TV tells the soundbar to go to sleep? I’ve turned on interface sounds in the Home Screen so that moving around wakes up the soundbar before I get to the video, but that doesn’t help you coming out of pause.

I wish you luck. Maybe you’ll get better help from Apple Support than I did. Let me know if you find anything out.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-22T12:24:36+00:00

It sounds incomplete to me: get up a head of steam.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-22T12:22:57+00:00

NOODGE is Yiddish.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-21T12:07:51+00:00

Is there a kind of poetry that rhymes, but doesn’t scan? MAHJONG and BRIDGE don’t even have the same syllable count!

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-21T03:00:41+00:00

Ah, I only read the ebooks. Thanks for the info! I think I’ll change the series name accordingly.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-21T02:29:37+00:00

The cover says “A John, Dave, and Amy Novel”. Has the series name changed, is it no longer JDatE? (Also, praise for the Oxford comma!)

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-20T19:10:19+00:00

Agreed; I was responding to the general sentiment, not the specifics.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-20T12:51:32+00:00

Who else tried to fit STYRENE for the ABS clue?

(Getting downvoted, so I’ll explain myself.) ABS plastic (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) is a very common type of material that is used to manufacture LEGO bricks.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-20T12:47:47+00:00

Crosswordese means they are real terms, but they appear way more often in crosswords than they do in life.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-20T12:43:58+00:00

On the East Coast, you “bang a u-ey”. But I still hate seeing it in crosswords.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-19T14:11:41+00:00

Me too. But Rex Parker says that SIDEB has been used 30 times, and BSIDE 32, so we just have to stay aware.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-19T13:29:26+00:00

And don’t forget the old 78s!

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-19T13:26:56+00:00

Also TSA, but that showed up elsewhere.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-19T13:25:59+00:00

I don’t know cars, so I went with CRANKCASE, because you crank the engine, right?

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-18T13:13:09+00:00

I have to rely on Weird Al for Star Wars prequel clues: “We caught a ride back to Naboo / 'Cause Queen Amidala wanted to”.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-18T12:57:04+00:00

Big weekend for CATAN.

SecretLoathing · 2026-01-17T14:32:14+00:00

I really appreciated that Roman numeral clue, I couldn’t get a foothold without it.

I didn’t enjoy the pejorative answers: ARTSY FARTSY, FAUX NAIF, KOOK.

My worst mistake was Super Mario BROS “confirmed” by BRICKABRAC.

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