LAT tk (Stella)
Newsday tk (pannonica)
NYT 5:53 (Amy)
Universal tk (Matthew)
USA Today tk (Matthew)
WSJ tk(pannonica)
Ryan McCarty’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s write-up
NY Times crossword solution, 11/23/24 – no. 1123
Lots of good stuff here, and not overly challenging. Quick RECAP(S) tonight, I need sleep.
Fave fill: SCRUFFY, I LOVE YOU, Jose ANDRES, THAT’S A BIG IF, POOL HUSTLER, a SNAKEPIT for Indiana Jones, OLD BAY seasoning, slangy THIRSTY, BARN OWL, YOUNG AT HEART, TREASURE HUNT, and FROSTY. If you like holiday romcoms, you might like Hot Frosty on Netflix. I also like DUTCH clued via [Double ___], the jump rope pursuit.
Not sure B-TIER is fully a thing, and TUNA CANS feels a little green-painty. USUAL SUSPECTS has lost its “The” to the clue. Plural AGARS, is that legit?
Four stars from me.
NYT: Really liked it. I got hung up in the NE, let it sit, did the rest and came back to it and it yielded. One of my best Saturday times.
I eat at Jose ANDRES restaurants whenever I’m in a city that has them. Such great food and such a good cause.