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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 […]

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 […]

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  1. Heather H. on NYT Acrostic May 31, 2026June 2, 2026

    This was a challenging one for me; I've managed the last few Acrostics "closed-book," if you will, but when I…

  2. Marshall Walthew on NYT Acrostic May 31, 2026June 1, 2026

    This one was right up my alley as I was sci fi nerd as a kid and had read The…

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    Great puzzle! Most of the clues would have been too challenging for me ... but I happened to know A…

  4. Jane and Dave on NYT Acrostic May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

    Great job, Greg, identifying all those thematic answers. In addition, there's Clue A ("A Connecticut Yankee" being another fun time-travel…

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    I love that early steampunk design! Makes me want to see the film again. And it’s on TCM this week,…

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