Friday, May 13, 2022 - TCHOTCHKE, a spelling bee contestant's worst nightmare!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

English - May 14, 2022 01:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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A tough Friday crossword, with Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon combining to make for a fiendishly clever puzzle, with the verbal misdirections coming fast and furious in every corner. Consider: 52A, Blue book alternative, ADULTSITE; the glorious30A, Body with a floor, SEA, and Mike's favorite, 53D, Card display?, STL. Yikes!

In other news, it's Fun Fact Friday, and in today's episode we explore 13A, Facts-as-fiction work, ROMANACLEF. So to learn about that, as well as that and that and that (we're pointing at various places in the grid as we write these words), subscribe, download, and enjoy!

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