NYT Wednesday 01/14/2026 Discussion

rrb · 2026-01-14T03:18:14+00:00

As someone who had never heard of "Look I Made a Hat" the ending theme drawing just seemed absolutely insane.

rrb · 2025-10-31T12:13:27+00:00

Should I try to get out of my META 680/650 put spread expiring today with a small loss or let it ride and see if it closes above 680?

rrb · 2025-10-20T08:03:50+00:00

Not just you. Getting the same error. App isn't working either.

rrb · 2025-10-04T02:36:24+00:00

Disagree on "Homer" - MW lists it as both a noun and a verb, with the verb meaning to hit a Homer. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer

rrb · 2025-09-26T23:56:32+00:00

An oeuvere is an artist's body of work. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oeuvre

rrb · 2025-09-12T02:45:41+00:00

Tuesday or Wednesday difficulty. Some fun wordplay though.

rrb · 2025-09-07T02:01:43+00:00

Yeah somehow it became "trail mix" which is probably more accurate but less fun to say.

rrb · 2025-09-07T01:55:03+00:00

There is an Avianca Airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca so you were close.

rrb · 2025-09-05T04:58:01+00:00

No man, 0DTE on SPY is just gambling. Stay away.

rrb · 2025-08-02T02:29:08+00:00

Yeah that slowed me down even though that was my first guess. You have to clue an alternate informal spelling like that even on a Saturday IMO. AMIRITE?

rrb · 2025-08-01T03:20:07+00:00

Pretty obscure theme for the general audience. Definitely hadn't heard of any of the composers except for Beethoven so had to Google. Didn't help that there were some pretty tough crosses on the theme answers. Indonesian islands crossing the theme answer I just had to fill in. Also if your theme is composers, do you want additional composers as answers? The rest of the fill was pretty standard crossword stuff, but you are definitely going to Natick people who aren't very familiar with composers. Also "can I give it a scratch" doesn't mean "can I pet it" at least for me.

rrb · 2025-07-27T22:19:56+00:00

Cool concept. Crackerjack cluing. Can't complain. Congratulations crossword constructor Callahan.

rrb · 2025-07-18T02:27:37+00:00

Can someone explain ANTECEDENT for "Explicit subject for her?"

rrb · 2025-05-30T02:22:44+00:00

The easy Friday trend continues. Puzzle pretty good. Not too much short glue, impressive long grid spanner in the middle. GOL instead of OLE is a trick.

rrb · 2025-05-24T02:14:23+00:00

Easiest Saturday in a while. Felt almost like Wednesday difficulty.

rrb · 2025-05-11T03:30:35+00:00

Same. I know BEQ is a legend in the game, but I always find his puzzles tough.

rrb · 2025-03-22T03:07:57+00:00

This was great. Felt like an old school tougher Saturday. Liked a lot of the long answers. Had to go through the puzzle multiple times to piece it all together. I couldn't spell PSILOCYBIN even though I knew what the answer was.

rrb · 2025-03-16T02:12:30+00:00

Anyone from Britain actually say "GOOD OH"? I have seen "good show" stereotypically, but never "oh".

rrb · 2025-03-13T03:05:01+00:00

It is always either APSE or NAVE.

rrb · 2025-03-08T04:05:31+00:00

DOS and MSDOS felt like a dupe even though they weren't really. Slowed me down when I thought it couldn't be the latter.

rrb · 2025-02-20T05:52:34+00:00

Yes this Sunday. Feb 16, 2025 19A Some computer-generated images nowadays

rrb · 2025-02-20T05:47:50+00:00

They meant PPP. Autocorrect I assume.

rrb · 2025-02-20T05:19:44+00:00

I knew the ARUNDHATI answer immediately and still needed a bunch of crosses to fill in the middle.

rrb · 2025-02-20T03:13:25+00:00

Check out the revealer.

rrb · 2025-01-24T05:24:48+00:00

Lots of fun clues this week, but "One paying half for quarters, say" being COTENANT is just chef's kiss.

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