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Barbara Lin & Lewis Rothlein’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s recap
NY Times crossword solution, 12/21/24 – no. 1221
Nice variety of content within this puzzle. Fave fill: BENDY STRAW, TITO PUENTE, LOWER FORTY-EIGHT, BONSAI TREE, “IT CAN’T HURT,” BLOW A GASKET, RUN INTERFERENCE, COLLEGE GRAD, “THAT’S NOT BAD.”
Misleads:
- 42d. [Vineyard eponym], MARTHA. Anyone else spend too much time waiting for a wine brand to come to mind?
- 45d. [Form letters?], WRITE. This isn’t about form letters as a noun, it’s a verb phrase. If you’re forming letters with a pen or pencil, you’re looking at WRITE.
- 1d. [X follower, perhaps] BOT. X as in what was originally called Twitter, and not the Microsoft Xbox.
Four stars from me.