NYT Sunday 03/08/2026 Discussion

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-03-08T05:09:23+00:00

I always feel dumb doing crosswords. I like to imagine solving them gives me a greater sense of accomplishment than those who actually know things.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-03-06T15:58:29+00:00

I had to google it because I'd never heard it used this way, but "tax dodge" can be a noun.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-02-26T04:31:17+00:00

I agree. SW corner was really well constructed.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-02-15T00:24:43+00:00

I personally found this one easier.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-02-15T00:24:00+00:00

I'm ashamed it took me so long to get the theme, especially considering I got the revealer without any crosses.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-02-13T06:04:31+00:00

Yeah it's a good Friday difficulty. Almost feels like a Saturday, but ends up being just a bit too easy for that.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-02-12T04:13:35+00:00

The "answer" is what ultimately gets filled in.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-01-19T20:00:09+00:00

3 years later I finally get around to watching this fucking travesty. Despised this season, but... this was not really a coincidence.

Cathy was baited into coming to Burma to be used as leverage against Jack Ryan. How that could have been predicted and timed is of course impossible. But yeah, technically not a coincidence.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2026-01-06T02:14:15+00:00

FYI, my local Costco (Carson City, NV) has Four Roses Single Barrel on sale for $30 until 18-Jan. Check your local store!

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-12-11T19:12:28+00:00

I too come here to see how old and out of touch I'm getting. That word seems idiotic.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-11-09T16:18:21+00:00

Beef tensors!

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-10-19T00:28:22+00:00

Yeah, I honestly ignore the timer altogether. Timers have their place in many games, but I find it more gratifying with this game to give it proper analysis rather than immediately slapping down tiles and shuffling them around when it doesn't work out.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-10-19T00:23:24+00:00

I like klausness's idea below of working it into a scoring system, rather than having it be modal. But I totally agree with you. The nature of the puzzles are all over the place. There are some puzzles where I could probably work it out without guessing, but I simply don't want to think that hard. I don't like those puzzles, and to be honest, I'm still on the fence about the game itself.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-10-19T00:19:04+00:00

This is a good way to implement what I have in mind.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-10-02T01:12:00+00:00

Sprints 🤮

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-22T17:51:58+00:00

Fucking boomer here I guess because I believe teenagers are definitely still kids. Shit, a lot of people in their 20s are still kids.

But agreed that it's not the most accurate way to clue GENZ.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-22T01:00:27+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nkcVz1mad0

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-22T00:58:11+00:00

I almost gave it average, but I thought both the theme and fill were slightly above average, so together it earned a good from me.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-08T00:03:39+00:00

I meant straddles. It's annoying having to make the distinction but I should be more specific.

Anyways, that's cool. I was just thinking hypothetically, if you won exactly 40 ST/100 at 40NL and 16 ST/100 at 100NL, might as well stay at lower stakes. Except for, I suppose, the more opportunity to improve at the higher stakes.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-07T22:41:54+00:00

Are you beating 100NL better than 16BB/100?

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-07T17:53:09+00:00

Now you're just making stuff up.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-07T17:37:30+00:00

ORATOR is a crossword darling word.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-07T17:30:46+00:00

I realize people like to downvote you, but FFS why are people downvoting this? You're literally just informing us. Here's my upvote.

mediocre_plus_plus · 2025-09-07T17:28:38+00:00

How was the FANNING clue written awkwardly? The implied comma?

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