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is doing crossword puzzles prole or prestigious?

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contagious flesh point gaping
  08/26/26
the nytime crossword is too hard right esp th eone with a th...
Histrionic blue station black woman
  08/26/26
the daily ones are designed to get progressively harder mond...
Alcoholic pit
  08/26/26
cr, except that weekday puzzles also have a theme except fri...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26
it's of above-average difficulty for a nyt puzzle.
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
it is designed in theory to be between wednesday and friday ...
talented piazza
  08/26/26
how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
you must be one of the historically most irritating people o...
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26
IF you solve the theme
arousing red ticket booth mediation
  08/26/26
even if you dont solve the theme, it's neutral. i do themes ...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
the theme may not be as simple as topically related answers....
talented piazza
  08/26/26
youre going to argue an obvious point with DBG until you end...
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26
he made a good point and we've found middle ground.
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
fair enough. those kind of really tricky ones are relatively...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
both
Canary Dilemma
  08/26/26
Both.
Richard Ames
  08/26/26
people mag: prole nyt/lat/etc: prestigious
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
(Will Shortz)
animeboi
  08/26/26
will shortz is the classic boomer. gets the top xword job in...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
I'm sorry but do you have a degree in Enigmatology buddy?
animeboi
  08/26/26
best choice of his life: He also earned a Juris Doctor de...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
Also, gets to be a (the?) "Puzzlemaster"
plum cheese-eating faggotry school
  08/26/26
I saw that. Pretty bad special effects even for a direct to...
animeboi
  08/26/26
CR
plum cheese-eating faggotry school
  08/26/26
Prestigious. If you've ever tried to do a crossword puzzle w...
it's all so judaic
  08/26/26
otoh, plenty of middling iq ppl do well on xwords bc they kn...
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
Both
arousing red ticket booth mediation
  08/26/26
Writing a crossword with multiple potential answers that wor...
plum cheese-eating faggotry school
  08/26/26
is writing crosswords about xo prestigious or prole: https:/...
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26
rofl i dont remember that. original thread pls?
Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4053170&mc=...
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26
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Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage
  08/26/26
i wrote a second one but idk where that is
Thriller Personal Credit Line Home
  08/26/26


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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: contagious flesh point gaping



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094128)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: Histrionic blue station black woman

the nytime crossword is too hard right esp th eone with a theme?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094132)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Alcoholic pit

the daily ones are designed to get progressively harder monday-saturday. although it's bigger and usually has a theme, sunday's is designed to be of only average difficulty, like wednesday/thursday.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094144)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:46 AM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

cr, except that weekday puzzles also have a theme except fri-sat; it's not just sunday that has a theme.

NOT having a theme makes it harder. that's why fri-sat is much harder than sunday. a theme allowed you to rely on the theme to figure out a lot of the long words. without a theme, you have no way of getting long words.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094169)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094182)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

it's of above-average difficulty for a nyt puzzle.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094192)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: talented piazza

it is designed in theory to be between wednesday and friday in terms of difficulty. the prevalence of themed puzzles on thursdays often results in higher reported difficulties, however.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094203)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094287)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:00 PM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

you must be one of the historically most irritating people on xo

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094321)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: arousing red ticket booth mediation

IF you solve the theme

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094389)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:55 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

even if you dont solve the theme, it's neutral. i do themes monday/tuesday puzzles w/o even thinking about the theme sometimes if im in a hurry. and dont realize the theme until after. there's no way the theme makes it worse.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094537)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:26 PM
Author: talented piazza

the theme may not be as simple as topically related answers. it may involve blank squares, ignored squares, squares that are meant to be read differently depending on orientation, numbers, etc., etc., all of which might make answers to a given clue non-obvious.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094661)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

youre going to argue an obvious point with DBG until you end up shooting yourself. just walk away

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094724)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

he made a good point and we've found middle ground.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094729)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

fair enough. those kind of really tricky ones are relatively rare though.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094727)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Canary Dilemma

both

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094146)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Richard Ames

Both.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094148)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

people mag: prole

nyt/lat/etc: prestigious

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094167)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

(Will Shortz)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094170)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

will shortz is the classic boomer. gets the top xword job in the world at age 41 and keeps it for 40 yrs and counting.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094194)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

I'm sorry but do you have a degree in Enigmatology buddy?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094196)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:43 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

best choice of his life:

He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977), but did not sit for the bar exam, opting for a career in puzzles instead.[11]

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094276)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:08 PM
Author: plum cheese-eating faggotry school

Also, gets to be a (the?) "Puzzlemaster"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094579)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:39 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

I saw that. Pretty bad special effects even for a direct to VHS horror flick.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094704)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:09 PM
Author: plum cheese-eating faggotry school

CR

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094583)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: it's all so judaic

Prestigious. If you've ever tried to do a crossword puzzle with someone who is not intelligent, they cannot get even a single answer. It's pretty funny

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094211)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

otoh, plenty of middling iq ppl do well on xwords bc they know obscure boomer pop culture references that boomer constructors like...or they have done enough xwords that they know the usual fill

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094283)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: arousing red ticket booth mediation

Both

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094386)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: plum cheese-eating faggotry school

Writing a crossword with multiple potential answers that work well: Decadent or shrewd?

https://preview.redd.it/this-nyt-crossword-with-the-better-of-two-sci-fi-franchises-v0-r2xtov3vjng81.jpg?auto=webp&s=8b09593432edc36dd55a0824b31775a4fc97e6f0

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094588)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:15 PM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

is writing crosswords about xo prestigious or prole: https://imgur.com/a/Cqesnm4

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094610)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage

rofl i dont remember that. original thread pls?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094673)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

I wrote a crossword mini for the great boart. Should only take you a minute. Enj

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094705)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Stubborn aphrodisiac chad menage



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094722)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: Thriller Personal Credit Line Home

i wrote a second one but idk where that is

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094711)