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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 […]

NYT Acrostic December 14, 2025
Posted on December 11, 2025December 17, 2025
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NYT Acrostic December 14, 2025

Let’s Dance We found Mindy Aloff’s book Why Dance Matters on the shelf of a […]

NYT Acrostic November 30, 2025
Posted on November 27, 2025November 25, 2025
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NYT Acrostic November 30, 2025

The City By the Bay This week’s acrostic honors San Francisco, the iconic American city […]

NYT Acrostic November 16, 2025
Posted on November 13, 2025November 11, 2025
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NYT Acrostic November 16, 2025

The Renaissance Man Walter Isaacson’s 2017 biography of Leonardo da Vinci brings to light the […]

NYT Acrostic November 2, 2025
Posted on October 30, 2025October 29, 2025
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NYT Acrostic November 2, 2025

Boo! Halloween seems to us an appropriate time of year for an acrostic about witches.  […]

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 […]

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  1. Barbara in SF on NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026June 14, 2026

    Slowly zeroed in on the theme, thinking; British, literature, sports? But even I got Messi, but not right away. Way…

  2. Marshall Walthew on NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026June 14, 2026

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! I was pretty sure of the theme based on the LEOMESSI clue, and as a World Cup junkie the…

  3. Greg Schwed on NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026June 13, 2026

    Wonderful (as usual) and timely. Despite being currently obsessed with another sport (my hometown Knicks being on the verge of…

  4. Ankur Agarwal on NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026June 13, 2026

    Truly fun! The thematic answer which most tickled me was for clue J. I knew the theme but still could…

  5. Etaoin Shrdlu (The Forgotten Borough) on NYT Acrostic June 14, 2026June 13, 2026

    Quite enjoyable Acrostic. Like ice hockey, soccer always seems as if everything is happening everywhere all at once. It is…

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