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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM Author: razzmatazz citrine state toaster (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094128) |
Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM Author: Drab Partner 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: mewling swashbuckling menage 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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. |
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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: Bright Excitant Persian Gas Station 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig 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: crystalline motley elastic band 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: Bright Excitant Persian Gas Station 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: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: orchid orchestra pit deer antler 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: concupiscible pocket flask people mag: prole
nyt/lat/etc: prestigious |
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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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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] |
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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:08 PM Author: cerise doctorate 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: cerise doctorate 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: the White jensen huang 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: crystalline motley elastic band 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: cerise doctorate 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 |
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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig 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: concupiscible pocket flask 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: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig 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: concupiscible pocket flask (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094722) |
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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:40 PM Author: ungodly mauve cruise ship pozpig i wrote a second one but idk where that is (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2#50094711) |