0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Mini puzzle
2:55 - Daily puzzle (by Eric Bornstein)
6:09 - Commentary
New York Times Crossword, Wednesday 9/1/21
This puzzle really feels like an easy themeless, except with tons of three-letter words. A word count of 71 is in line with a themeless, and we get a bunch of fancy long downs. I really like ANDYETWEREHERE, which has a really nice and authentic colloquial quality to it. I think ENRIQUEIGLESIAS is fun too. But I wish there was more theme material than just the grid art and the single fill THATSABIGIF. Easy themelesses just aren't that fun for me.
Two proper nouns today I had no idea about, HOAGY Carmichael and THEPALEFACE. Of course all the crosses are super fair, so nice to learn about them. I do like the song "Georgia On My Mind", but I am unlikely to go watch THEPALEFACE. The sheer volume of three-letter words running down the middle made things feel a little choppy. Overall it was fine but I wish it had more theme material to it!
20s on the Mini and 4m04s on the daily puzzle. (Weekly running total: 10m50s)
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▶ Daily puzzle (subscription required): https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2021/9/1
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All music composed by my friend: composer, pianist, and all-around awesome guy Christopher Chan - https://christopherkchan.me/
Intro animation by Tiffany Peng, another incredibly talented friend. [I can highly recommend Chris and Tiff if you need any music composed for you!]
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