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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 […]

NYT Acrostic March 22, 2026
Posted on March 19, 2026March 12, 2026
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NYT Acrostic March 22, 2026

Play Ball! With Opening Day close at hand, we heartily recommend Jane Leavy’s 2025 Make […]

NYT Acrostic March 8, 2026
Posted on March 5, 2026March 6, 2026
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NYT Acrostic March 8, 2026

Holy Oil Marco Polo was not the first member of his family to venture along […]

NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026
Posted on February 19, 2026February 15, 2026
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NYT Acrostic February 22, 2026

Lack of Immunity Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies made […]

NYT Acrostic February 8, 2026
Posted on February 5, 2026January 29, 2026
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NYT Acrostic February 8, 2026

Peel Me a Grape Of the various versions of the 1962 song “Peel Me a […]

NYT Acrostic January 25, 2026
Posted on January 22, 2026January 22, 2026
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NYT Acrostic January 25, 2026

Oy! When we count our blessings as constructors of word puzzles, we place near the […]

NYT Acrostic January 11, 2026
Posted on January 8, 2026January 9, 2026
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NYT Acrostic January 11, 2026

Large Boxes Tom Wolfe’s critique of modern architecture, first published in Harper’s Magazine and subsequently […]

NYT Acrostic December 28, 2025
Posted on December 25, 2025December 26, 2025
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NYT Acrostic December 28, 2025

Zoophiles Unite! We had a great deal of fun constructing this acrostic.  Inspired by Emily […]

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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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