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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 […]

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 […]

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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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