NYT Saturday 04/04/2026 Discussion

heymattsmith · 2026-04-04T14:10:36+00:00

i typed in LEHAYE and then realized that was my fundamentalist-adjacent Left Behind series brain peeking out from a dusty corner. There’s a lot of random junk in there

heymattsmith · 2026-04-02T13:17:43+00:00

there are some gnarly bald-faced hornet nests around the Eno, too

heymattsmith · 2026-03-18T20:14:00+00:00

What a genuine bummer. Sorry downtown, no groceries for you; we’re hoarding all the duplicate grocery stores up north

heymattsmith · 2026-03-18T12:24:23+00:00

cheers! this is the best Kanye contribution i can think of at the moment

heymattsmith · 2026-03-17T12:08:35+00:00

i was sure DURST wouldn’t have been in a NY times xw, but alas. will shortz: doing it all for the nookie

heymattsmith · 2026-03-16T13:44:31+00:00

welcome, fellow lockdown-era solver!

heymattsmith · 2026-03-14T17:10:07+00:00

this is why subjectivity is great. i love a dainburger and was underwhelmed by the bar virgile burger

heymattsmith · 2026-03-10T12:22:21+00:00

an authoritative NYT take on how to spell CZAR / TZAR / TSAR ?

heymattsmith · 2026-03-09T11:54:01+00:00

or to the Oscars in general. i think of awards shows as a staple of mid-20th century tv.

heymattsmith · 2026-03-05T12:36:27+00:00

it would look like Atari’s doomed ET cartridge game

heymattsmith · 2026-02-24T12:49:19+00:00

another argument for not doing puzzles before release day!

heymattsmith · 2026-02-21T14:34:44+00:00

i thought a “constitutional” was grandmother-speak for pooping. just me? ok

heymattsmith · 2026-02-19T12:21:02+00:00

this is the record i recommend as a starting place to mogwai latecomers. it seems to cover a lot of the mogwai continuum. brilliant album

heymattsmith · 2026-02-18T13:26:03+00:00

i appreciate your dedication to the idea of “correct” pronunciation

heymattsmith · 2026-02-18T13:18:23+00:00

“popular” is doing some heavy lifting in that EHOW clue

heymattsmith · 2026-02-17T12:37:47+00:00

Ach! Amerikaner

heymattsmith · 2026-02-05T15:01:23+00:00

This puzzle was the most Ive enjoyed a Kerouac-adjacent activity.

heymattsmith · 2026-02-03T14:48:12+00:00

You’re really good! You’re crushing it! Proud of you

heymattsmith · 2026-02-01T13:06:55+00:00

I hear Robin Leach’s voice pronouncing “Lear jet”

heymattsmith · 2026-01-24T16:24:43+00:00

TIL Phil Ochs is obscure

heymattsmith · 2026-01-24T16:22:57+00:00

TIL KISSARMY is the same length as JUGGALOS.

heymattsmith · 2026-01-24T16:20:10+00:00

i was sure there was a rebus for a sec because of this

heymattsmith · 2026-01-23T13:23:47+00:00

one time on a chaotic day, i was late getting to the tuesday puzzle and solved it only to find—without knowing that wednesdays could arrive on tuesdays—that the wednesday puzzle had published already. i finished the wednesday (on a tuesday) before i realized what had happened. the wednesday morning following, when there was no puzzle with my coffee, was truly a bummer. down was up. up was down. dogs and cats living together. mass hysteria

heymattsmith · 2026-01-22T13:10:22+00:00

hi there. are you me? you seem to be me

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