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NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026
Posted on April 30, 2026May 4, 2026
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NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026

Under the Big Top Giuliano Plorutti’s book of photographs of small-town circuses, which we found […]

NYT Acrostic April 19, 2026
Posted on April 16, 2026April 11, 2026
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NYT Acrostic April 19, 2026

Refuse Refuse! After some debate, we decided to introduce a “meta-clue” into this week’s acrostic […]

NYT Acrostic April 5, 2026
Posted on April 2, 2026March 31, 2026
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NYT Acrostic April 5, 2026

First World Problems NEWS FLASH! Jim Horne, who runs the www.xwordinfo.com site on which many […]

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  1. Dave and Jane on NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026May 5, 2026

    Hi Heather -- Thanks for doing our acrostic! We use Merriam-Webster as our go-to dictionary. You'll find "homuncular" there! Jane…

  2. Heather H. on NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026May 5, 2026

    (*P.S. I guess your "homuncular" wouldn't be a back-formation but some other neologism ... or is it in a dictionary?…

  3. Heather H. on NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026May 5, 2026

    Another fun puzzle. Thank you! It took me awhile to let go of my concept of ivy and couch grass…

  4. Heather H. on NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026May 5, 2026

    I agree! All the "the's" did help. But "rowdydow" was one of the last clues I solved; I haven't heard…

  5. Dave and Jane on NYT Acrostic May 3, 2026May 4, 2026

    Congratulations on solving the puzzle, Amy. You can find the solution in next Sunday's New York Times Magazine (hard copy…

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