is HERS?Thanks. If you’ve been practicing, you should be able to tackle a midweek puzzle at least, if not a later-in-the-week puzzle. With an average difficulty level, this pick hails from the legacy paper that has the most well-known and long-running crosswords. I’m in love with Robyn and Rex is crazy. CHAD/THAD . ?” And then “RATE-ATEN” (pronounced RAH-TAY-AH-TEN), a newly discovered ancient Egyptian god? It may sound obvious, but get an idea of your own skill level, and/or the one you’re working towards before making your purchase. @bocamp – I feel like a few of the Acrostic clues were harder than they needed to be. I’d say that clue is on par with the “lace” in the “Queen Anne’s lace” being the actual lace belong to Queen Anne. I loves the Sunday themeless and it's so rare that it is a very special treat. Am I the only person doing these puzzles who hasn’t read Harry Potter? I hate puzzle themes. Oh, and to our author today, Robyn Weintraub. EMEZI's quote is both deep and beautyful! There is so much wonderful variety in New York Times crossword themes. @Joe Dipinto (1:14 PM) / @TTrimble (4:09 PM)Toughest acrostic yet pour moi. And nice ones!I often find Sunday a bit of a grind, but not tonight. But most commonly they involve playing with words. You just have to learn to think like a constructor. Partly cloudy skies this evening. (And "Thankful Bradley". This book is a great choice for puzzlers of all skill levels, with 300 crosswords ranging from easy to advanced. It is important to find a cognitive engaging activity that is enjoyable.". And, frankly, this birder of 50 plus years finds that pretty convincing. That’s what makes this book so unique: it provides a detailed history of crossword puzzles and their place in popular media and culture, as well as 100 different crossword puzzles for the reader to fill out from throughout the past century. I also notice you received your PhD from UC Riverside; a good friend and collaborator of mine is just on the verge of retiring from the faculty there (Baez). But we promise you’ll learn to love this, and the more you practice solving, the easier it will be to spot these delicious opportunities to play with words and language. Take this quiz to familiarize yourself with some of the more common obscure crossword entries. So it was themeless? I’ve been enjoying these birds for more than five decades. That is to say, by June 6th everyone is paired up, and challengers are scarce.But, the dawn chorus is an important part of my life. Scrolled down to view mobile version and clicked on that. If a person does not like a certain musical genre, movie genre, or ethnic cuisine, I suspect one could justly expect a review written by such a person to be off base for those who don't have such a pre-condition. @JD 131am and @Conrad 542am Thanks for responding. I had been getting here the same way for a long time. for HERS, [Advice to one in a lather] for RINSE, and [Some diners … and donors] for PATRONS.But underneath the humor lies extraordinary constructing skill. Food for Thought Crosswords, Best Diagramless: This is the story of twin sisters, their children, and an accident that claims the life of one, and leaves the others to find their way away from, and back to each other. In addition, this Cup also introduced the side games of Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise for those who had difficulty with the main Yooyuball game. Science Daily. It’s certainly more of a challenge, so if your aim is improving or maintaining cognitive function, this book could be a welcome break from the usual format. @Joe D & @Bo CI did the Acrostic online and had to resort to using "Check" to get unstuck. SANDER – “it helps take the edge off”), still I thought they detracted from the overall effect. The second Altador Cup began on the 1st of June, 2007 (Year 9), and lasted until the 9th of July. This took me longer than usual for Sunday, but that was because I was solving while watching the Belmont Stakes (my horse came in second).My big hang-up was in the SW, where I dropped in BIGOTRY for 68A ("All in the Family" subject) with no crosses, then took it out when I decided that the film faux pas at 70D had to be outtakeS, which has the same letter count as GAGREELS. This collection of Wednesday puzzles from The New York Times includes a great selection for intermediate puzzlers. The answer is TIDES, because they are events that involve currents in the sea. Then we get to the popular HERS for Queen Anne's lace. This puzzle should be retitled “how much 6 letter fill can you shove into a grid”. Not here! Completion of the puzzle should be their goal.”, —Dr. I look forward all week to my Sunday morning with the crossword puzzle and a mocha, and themeless puzzles, no matter how cleverly they are clued, just hold zero interest for me. The offers that appear in this table are from partnerships from which Verywell Mind receives compensation. The plural noun answer GRAPES might be clued “They might be sour.” “They” indicates the plural. A wasted Sunday morning. The high point for me was LINE ITEM VETO -- not all that high a point, to tell the truth.Hoping for a bigger challenge next time. But, once that random puz pops up, if you click on the very top brown colored header that says "Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword", it'll take you to the current lineup. Easy Crossword Puzzles for Adults: Relax and Train Your Brain, The 12 Best Stress Relief Products of 2021, According to Our Editors, Best Medium Difficulty: And a three letter “Brave opponent,” or an opponent of an Atlanta Brave, could be a Cincinnati RED. I am not the anon who irrationally posted at 9:51. No surprise here. Let’s look at one type of easy theme you might see in a Monday puzzle. Kudos. His won some masters or grandmasters tournaments when he was playing in the Ultimate older folks competitions. And loved Line Item Veto, As I Was Saying, Not Even Close. Solvers will often see a “?” in clues that are part of a crossword theme involving wordplay, but any clue involving wordplay could conceivably have a “?” A clue might receive a “?” depending on on how “stretchy” it is — that is, how far a clue is from being factually true. This was a very smooth, enjoyable solve, like fine Parkay. Mr. Shortz, I wish there was a way for you to warn us that a themeless was coming up on a particular date, so I could go ahead and secure my Sunday puzzle from another source. Except that I said out loud, much to my husband’s consternation, “RAT EATEN? âThey can increase the cognitive reserveâthatâs the ability of the brain to improvise and find new ways to find informationâand can also help neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the neurons to make new connections. @Frantic (12:03) et seq.). :)@Birchbark (10:17 AM) and others who grokked the non-theme connotation of BEATS ME.Your explanations makes perfect sense; thx for the clarification. Vive la différence, right? But the first would lead to the noun BOOK, that bound object with pages, while the second clue is for the verb BOOK, because “Make reservations” is a verb clue. Even if you only get a few answers the first few times, keep on solving. So let’s get solving! Eventually, you’ll be ready for more of a challenge, and that’s when you move on to the Tuesday puzzles. Seriously, would it kill you to mention the actual words that cross? A 21x21 Sunday puzzle usually has no more than 140 answers. At any rate, as I wrote yesterday, I liked the puzzle. Be on the lookout for these, because they can be amazing. I had LOGiN as well but ECONi didn’t fit, so that one was easy. So: If nobody sees you, are you still there?”*********************************************************“I kept the book for the title, for how it was spelled. I found it a pleasure to solve, mostly easy but with some tripwires of clues that kept things interesting (e.g., HERS.). Thank you, Ms. Weintraub for making the Sundee bright again!.5.5. That corner killed us. td 0 (first time in maybe a week) @Joe-D 1:14PM, yes, gritty is a word for it, as it is for some of the referents of the quote. Constructor: Robyn Weintraub In general, solvers will see some sort of signal that an entry is an abbreviation, an initialism or an acronym, although that signal may vary. *EYEROLLs*LINE ITEM VETO, FORGET ABOUT IT, AS I WAS SAYING, NOT EVEN CLOSE, POWER NAP, COINED A PHRASE were all nice. The brain works in weird and wonderful ways, and when you start solving crosswords consistently, you will feel really good when you can say, “Hey, I know that one!”. Learn how to love your dogs without spoiling them and provide boundaries without intimidation. This booklet clarifies how to be a benevolent leader and avoid aggression related to fear or dominance. Some of it dropped in without half a thought, some sneakiness required a bit of mental gymnastics (I'm lookin' at you, POWERNAP, you little SCAMP...ERer), but all of it was done with pure glee.Particularly loved the clueing for HERS, DOULA, EYEROLLS and some of the entries were impressive just by themselves: RETAILTHERAPY, FORGETABOUTIT (sans wiseguy inflection), ASIWASSAYING, COINEDAPHRASE, and so much more. From being duped by magic tricks to pondering those brain-twisting crossword clues, why do humans so love being fooled? Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Hurt Locker (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Town (2010). Does that stand for "Her Eminent Royal Snob"? As SNL's Church Lady might have said about this puzzle:"Well, isn't that spatial. At hawk watches when there’s a an intense flight I’ve been know to hello out sparrow hawk or marsh hawk. Asking for a friend who finds the English language confusing].Anyway chipmunks don't SCAMPER, they run flat out whenever they're moving. With contributions from leading scholars, this compelling volume offers fresh insights into literacy teaching and learningâand the changing nature of literacy itselfâin today's Kâ12 classrooms. Let’s look at an example of why it pays to work those crossings. Google search on an Android phone used to bring you to today's blog. :)@TTrimble (9:36 AM)Always good to see you! If not, I hope you find a variation that works for you. @Frantic, I had one answer of seafoam green too but it disappeared when I moved on. (I didnât catch this on my own; itâs in Rossâs puzzle notes.) Give that a try. Confidently dropped in “auction winner” for the Ebay clue. Found inside â Page 122You can use your computer's ability to search large databases and organize information to help you create crossword puzzles which you can sell to local newspapers and national publications . Clientele : Next time you visit your local ... I don't get HERS either for "Like Queen Anne's lace?" The Crossword Murder is a book to be savored by mystery lovers and crossword-puzzle enthusiasts alike. The Crossword Murder is the 1st book in the Crossword Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Download as mp3 or stream online. I just kept trying to connect the “dots” that weren’t there, I guess. To the extent that I had __RS, asked myself whether it could possibly be HERS, and gave Robyn credit for being better than that (eventually concluded from the crosses that it had to be right). Ferreira N, Owen A, Mohan A, Corbett A, Ballard C. Associations between cognitively stimulating leisure activities, cognitive function and age-related cognitive decline: Associations between lifestyle factors and cognition. ___PEACE ~ Empathy ~ Kindness to all , @Anon (3:35) -- I sense a kindred spirit. In the late 80's I found a disc of some kind in a junk-antique place that was in it's original packaging with something like super flying a saucer on the outside. Birchbark,Yes,yes.yes. Easy clues don’t even have to be fill-in-the-blanks. “Because there is wide variability to the difficulty of puzzles, people must find their correct level and challenge. We’ve put an “*” by the clues that adhere to the ‘partner’ rule. @Birchbark, It's called the morning chorus. RAT EATENGreat clue for DOVES. I could not parse the clue for 18D “Be considered perfect.” I kept thinking that I’d understand “is considered perfect” or “was considered perfect,” but “BE considered perfect”?? Of course, some solvers say simply that figuring out a really tricky clue makes them feel smart. Ask yourself if the words in the clues might have different meanings from the ones you think they do. Here’s a Sunday puzzle from 2009 that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City: In this puzzle, the black squares imitate the spiral shape of the halls of the Guggenheim Museum, and works of art that hang in the museum can be found throughout the puzzle by artist name, along with the name of the museum and other bonus theme content. Tip: When you find yourself cursing at the puzzle because none of your expected answers fit, it probably has a rebus element. The puzzle maker and the editor are playing around with words and phrases in a clue like this, so free your mind up and think about other ways the words in the clues might be used. So, it makes sense to stick with the middle option, “The New York Times Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Omnibus” (view on Amazon). You’re solving! But the elderly lose the ability to hear those high frequencies. "SNL staged at Rockefeller Center?SNL broadcast from Rockefeller Center?SNL taped at Rockefeller Center (for the west coast and streaming)?But NEVER SNL filmed at Rockefeller Center.. Had annoying for the siren clue at first. There is a big difference between a Monday puzzle clue and a Saturday puzzle one. The puzzle maker and the editors put it at the beginning of the clue to capitalize on (sorry), or take advantage of, the capital letter. I had at 18D RAT EATEN from the acrosses. Except for HALO top, which was a ???? An example of this would be the clue, “Partner of live” for which the answer would be LEARN, because the popular phrase is “Live and learn.” Occasionally, the word “and” is not needed as a separator, as in the clue “Partner of neither,” for the answer NOR, because “neither” and “nor” are partnered in sentences. Whereas if someone called out "Sammy! We descend from a distinguished line of Polish topologists/set theorists. Try these clues that are designed to be easy for most people: Your brain knows the answer to this: It’s POOH, the “hunny”-loving bear from the stories by A. I was struggling all over the place.Re: Getting here. I feed on dumbshits like you. And then “winning bidder” after that. Maybe not a knee-slapper, but a modicum of amusement was had. Found inside â Page 10-2A variety of questions are framed to cover the above listed areas of Bloom's Taxonomy â Areas tested â Ability to Questions Remember and Understand Asking specific details from the content/body of the Passage. When I click on it, a random puz pops up. Over 35,000 of the most popular (and the most obscure!) Here, in a huge Sunday puzzle is hardly any junk; it’s as SPOTLESS as a cleanroom. It wasn’t swallowed, killed off with an i to make a whole new word. An ordinary chocolate shake is better than an ordinary vanilla shake, but if I find a place that makes actual malted milkshakes, I'll always go for a vanilla malted. I believe that with patience and practice anyone can learn to solve crosswords. Tip: Solving with another person can work to your advantage. Apple will hold its iPhone 13 event on September 14th. I've noticed that there is excitement when a puzzle contains mathese. Your puzzles are a gift. As a bonus activity, you could also try having your children write a short passage afterwards using any new words they've found. It was solid; it was still there, so much of it that it couldn’t fit into a new word, so much fullness. Special thanks to: Sam Ezersky, Joel Fagliano, Jason Silva, Megan Amram, Dan Feyer, Howard Barkin and Will Shortz. Can someone ‘splain me 38D, “Mythical nymph”? Today, I had to cut and paste the url root into my browser to find you. Can someone please explain how "Queen Anne's lace?" To borrow a sports term, a puzzle or individual clue on topics that you know well is said to be “in your wheelhouse.” You’ll be able to find at least a few entries in each puzzle that you know. Pick out the clues that are meant to be the easiest and tackle them first. Regular crosswords and number puzzles linked to sharper brain in later life. "University personnel" PLUMBER!This would fit well, mutatis mutandis, on a Monday. We know. Spacial and Spatial pretty much mean the same thing. You will find various Lesson Plans on the top portion of this page. I used to just type in "nyt puzzle" in Google, and Rex's site was one of the listed ones. That matters because nesting birds don’t tend to sing much, Someone else posted the prevailing theory that all those songs are for f***ing or fighting. The Monday Clue: “Nabisco cookie,” “Cookie with creme filling” or “‘Twist, Lick, Dunk’ cookie”, The Saturday Clue: “Snack since 1912,” “It has 12 flowers on each side” or “Sandwich often given a twist”. Guess you could say I'm a victim of the "nope a dope" syndrome. BEATS ME. It’s not that one topic is better than the others, but it is something to consider when making a selection. Disappointing. Puzzle makers have a knack for spotting oddities in our language, and when they can put enough of the same kind of oddity together, they have developed a theme set. I have had PERNOD though and it is not green. Sessions last for one hour. Here’s one that changes an ‘S’ to an ‘SH’ at the start of the second word of a familiar phrase to turn it into something completely different: At 17-Across, for example, BEST SELLER becomes BEST SHELLER. “Puzzle-solvers showed significantly better performance across all cognitive domains compared to those who never used them, and measures of attention were highest in the people who did puzzles most frequently.”. I have been having the same problem. BUT, if you touch the Rex Parker banner at the top of the page it brings you to today... the mysteries of the algorithm! “Just like a muscle, the type of workout will depend on the goals of the athlete,” says Dr. Mohammed Elamir, specializing in brain health and cognitive function treatments at Aviv Clinics in Florida. Write a short quiz to help you find the right one, here are the easiest and them. The last time I did have SPAcIAL/cHAD and that one was easy ourselves to nature or hate devilish clues. 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