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Kelly Morenus’s New York Times crossword — Amy’s recap
NY Times crossword solution, 6/5/26 – no. 0605
Back in the day, my Friday NYT times were generally in the range of 4-5 minutes. Of late? More like 7. This is what happens when you stop doing multiple crosswords every day. I’m doing 1-2 puzzles a day and skipping Sundays altogether. Rusty!
Fave fill: “MAKE IT MAKE SENSE” (a thing people say these days in response to various stupidities), “THE WAY I LOOK AT IT…,” FLIES SOLO, RUN INTERFERENCE, “I DON’T WANT TO KNOW” (the duplicated “I” and “IT” in the 15s didn’t bug me this time), PARASAILING, POTOROO.
Clues of note:
- 20A. [Coat on a tip?], POLISH. As in a coat of nail polish on a nail tip.
- 26A. Grocery stores?], PANTRIES. As in your pantry at home with its stores of groceries.
- 40A. Something you can see right through], IRIS. Eye action!
- 5D. [Attire that may snap on], DIAPERS. Huh? The last time I was changing diapers was almost 25 years ago and there were no snaps. Cloth diapers were pinned on. What’d I miss?
- 27D. [I I I], IOTAS. The puzzle’s font being sans serif, I wondered if the clue said | | |, which I just learned were called PIPES in coding.
- 37D. [Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP], POTOROO. A couple of the crossings might not have gotten the solvers all the way there in 37d, so a lettery clue addition.
Four stars from me.
Amy, I do find it amusing that you’re bemoaning your 7:14 Friday time (which would be a nice Monday time for me). It’s a bit like Novak Djokovic complaining that his serve speed had dropped to a mere 125 mph.
But at least this Friday, it may be more the content than you. I thought it was really tough, more like a challenging Saturday.