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NYT Acrostic October 19, 2025
Posted on October 16, 2025October 13, 2025
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NYT Acrostic October 19, 2025

All Wet To better appreciate the atmospheric style of This Is Happiness, the delightful 2019 […]

NYT Acrostic October 5, 2025
Posted on October 2, 2025October 1, 2025
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NYT Acrostic October 5, 2025

Riffing We chanced upon the unusual quote in this week’s puzzle while reading Ralph Ellison’s […]

NYT Acrostic September 21, 2025
Posted on September 18, 2025September 10, 2025
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NYT Acrostic September 21, 2025

Portmanteaus A little over 20 years ago, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon published a brilliant […]

NYT Acrostic September 7, 2025
Posted on September 4, 2025September 5, 2025
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NYT Acrostic September 7, 2025

Best Friend The photograph above is of our daughter’s amazing dog, Tractor, the most loving, […]

NYT Acrostic August 24, 2025
Posted on August 21, 2025August 14, 2025
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NYT Acrostic August 24, 2025

Shhh… Several years ago, while a huge building was under very noisy construction right across […]

NYT Acrostic August 10, 2025
Posted on August 7, 2025August 8, 2025
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NYT Acrostic August 10, 2025

Live from New York … This week’s puzzle pays tribute to Saturday Night Live, perhaps […]

NYT Acrostic July 27, 2025
Posted on July 24, 2025July 6, 2025
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NYT Acrostic July 27, 2025

Monkey Business This week marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous court […]

NYT Acrostic July 13, 2025
Posted on July 10, 2025July 8, 2025
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NYT Acrostic July 13, 2025

Cityscapes When we think about Georgia O’Keeffe, images of flowers, animal skulls, and the American […]

NYT Acrostic June 29, 2025
Posted on June 26, 2025June 22, 2025
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NYT Acrostic June 29, 2025

Not So Clueless Although she only published six novels, Jane Austen’s stature as a writer […]

NYT Acrostic June 15, 2025
Posted on June 12, 2025June 11, 2025
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NYT Acrostic June 15, 2025

Shaken, Not Stirred From the premiere of Dr. No (1962) to the most recent incarnation […]

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  1. Heather H. on NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026March 5, 2026

    Oh, thank goodness! I came here to ask just this. I am proud to say that I managed to solve…

  2. Jody on NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026February 25, 2026

    Clue S is "not a monkey"

  3. Greg Schwed on NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026February 23, 2026

    I don’t think any apology is necessary. Although Wile E. Coyote’s explosive of choice was often TNT, he also regularly…

  4. Greg Schwed on NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026February 23, 2026

    Ah, yes indeed. Makes the theme-cluing even more impressive. By the way, I loved the three-point shoot-off. It doesn’t get…

  5. Jane and Dave on NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026February 22, 2026

    Thank you all for solving and commenting. Jim's comment sent us scurrying to our sources to see how we --…

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