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NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026
Posted on August 20, 2026August 20, 2026
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NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026

Going Dutch We had the good fortune of finding ourselves in Amsterdam in April 2023, […]

NYT Acrostic August 9, 2026
Posted on August 6, 2026July 31, 2026
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NYT Acrostic August 9, 2026

Eyes and Ears We have thoroughly enjoyed many of the works of the late David […]

NYT Acrostic July 26, 2026
Posted on July 23, 2026July 16, 2026
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NYT Acrostic July 26, 2026

Opposites Attract Before his death in 2018, Stephen Hawking occupied the same endowed chair in […]

NYT Acrostic July 12, 2026
Posted on July 9, 2026July 4, 2026
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NYT Acrostic July 12, 2026

Down a Rabbit Hole Constructing this week’s acrostic reminded us of the many hares and […]

NYT Acrostic June 28, 2026
Posted on June 25, 2026June 22, 2026
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NYT Acrostic June 28, 2026

Our Semiquincentennial As we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of […]

NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026
Posted on June 11, 2026June 3, 2026
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NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026

Olé, Olé, Olé With the World Cup soccer tournament getting underway in North America, we […]

NYT Acrostic May 31, 2026
Posted on May 28, 2026May 25, 2026
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NYT Acrostic May 31, 2026

Time Flies The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, was not the first literary work involving […]

NYT Acrostic May 17, 2026
Posted on May 14, 2026May 11, 2026
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NYT Acrostic May 17, 2026

Are we Living in a Post-Truth Era? Hans Rosling, through his lectures and his book […]

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 […]

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  1. RichardZ on NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026August 23, 2026

    My parents went to the Vermeer exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C (which ran for three months starting…

  2. Barbara in SF on NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026August 22, 2026

    Dutch art, and particularly Vermeer have been my favorites since loving art as a kid and then through my college…

  3. Etaoin Shrdlu (The Forgotten Borough) on NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026August 22, 2026

    During last night's sunset, the word "vermilion" came up in recalling the final line in Hopkins' poem. Life imitates art…

  4. Matthew Sagal on NYT Acrostic August 23, 2026August 22, 2026

    An interesting puzzle about a very interesting artist. I have enjoyed seeing Vermeer's art both in the Netherlands and in…

  5. Ernest MacWhichael on NYT Acrostic August 9, 2026August 17, 2026

    Ms. Stewart's "semicolon" clues are to be savored as the antidote to the impulse to skip the non-gimmes. I lingered…

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