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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 […]

NYT Acrostic March 9, 2025
Posted on March 6, 2025March 5, 2025
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NYT Acrostic March 9, 2025

The Modern Prometheus If you could magically meet someone from history, whom would you choose?  […]

NYT Acrostic February 23, 2025
Posted on February 20, 2025February 19, 2025
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NYT Acrostic February 23, 2025

Voice of the Violin Even without having read Proust, many people are aware that his […]

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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…

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

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

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    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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