Dan Caprera’s New York Times crossword — Zachary David Levy’s write-up
Difficulty: Challenging (15m56s)
Dan Caprera’s New York Times crossword, 5/8/25, 0508
Today’s theme: BUTT OUT (“Mind your own business!” … or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle)
- RUMP above the top margin
- TUSH outside the left margin
- SEAT outside the right margin
- REAR below the bottom margin
Played very hard; might have had an easier time if I caught on to the fact that the marginalia was symmetric, which I’m just noticing at this moment. But them’s the breaks. Or should I say.. cracks?
Cracking: URANUS and SATURN
Slacking: O GEE, that word again!
Sidetracking: “When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and BEREFT of hope..”