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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 […]

NYT Acrostic June 1, 2025
Posted on May 29, 2025May 26, 2025
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NYT Acrostic June 1, 2025

A Lotta Alliteration Countless crossword clues — plus Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck, […]

NYT Acrostic May 18, 2025
Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
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NYT Acrostic May 18, 2025

That’ll Be The Day In 2022, a documentary entitled The Day the Music Died appeared […]

NYT Acrostic May 4, 2025
Posted on May 1, 2025April 30, 2025
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NYT Acrostic May 4, 2025

But seriously, folks … Some years back, we had the pleasure of seeing Steve Martin […]

NYT Acrostic April 20, 2025
Posted on April 17, 2025April 11, 2025
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NYT Acrostic April 20, 2025

Reflection and Remembrance Most historians mark the end of the Vietnam War as having occurred […]

NYT Acrostic April 6, 2025
Posted on April 3, 2025March 31, 2025
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NYT Acrostic April 6, 2025

Native Tongues According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people […]

NYT Acrostic March 23, 2025
Posted on March 20, 2025March 16, 2025
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NYT Acrostic March 23, 2025

Can Something be Gained in Translation? In God’s Secretaries, Adam Nicolson presents the extraordinary history […]

NYT Acrostic March 9, 2025
Posted on March 6, 2025March 5, 2025
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NYT Acrostic March 9, 2025

The Modern Prometheus If you could magically meet someone from history, whom would you choose?  […]

NYT Acrostic February 23, 2025
Posted on February 20, 2025February 19, 2025
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NYT Acrostic February 23, 2025

Voice of the Violin Even without having read Proust, many people are aware that his […]

NYT Acrostic February 9, 2025
Posted on February 6, 2025February 8, 2025
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NYT Acrostic February 9, 2025

Food For Thought Last spring, we offered an acrostic based on a quotation from Christina […]

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  1. Barbara in SF on NYT Acrostic June 15, 2025June 14, 2025

    Great topic! I’ve enjoyed both the spy and science angles in this franchise over the years. Always loved the Q…

  2. Greg Schwed on NYT Acrostic June 15, 2025June 14, 2025

    Great fun, as always! That clip of John Cleese and Pierce Brosnan is magnificent; I had totally forgotten how whimsical…

  3. Etaoin Shrdlu (Forgotten Borough) on NYT Acrostic June 15, 2025June 14, 2025

    The clues and their respective answers are far more interesting than the quote itself which, by the way, is too…

  4. Eugene Montague on NYT Acrostic June 1, 2025June 8, 2025

    I agree with Sebastian about Loch Lomond. Compounding the problem is that the largest lake in Britain is often recorded…

  5. Sebastian Dunn on NYT Acrostic June 1, 2025June 8, 2025

    I, too had a hard time with this. Particularly vexing was the clue to Lock Lomond. By any measure, it…

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