1 year ago
…every now and then, there’s an event so significant, so earth-shaking, it must be memorialized right away, and the backstage machinery here at Puzzle Central cranks into high gear.
2 years ago
Tuesday’s Puzzle (March 15, 2010)
Tuesday’s NYT Crossword Puzzle… The solution to this puzzle’s theme lies in the answer to 52a. “What 3-, 13-, 14- and 28-Down may be” (LOADED):
3d. Tippler (BOOZEHOUND)
13d. Donkey, for one (BEASTOFBURDEN)
14d. “How many months have 28 days?,” e.g. (TRICKQUESTION)
28d. Rat-a-tat-tat weapon (MACHINEGUN)
Also, not part of the theme, but I noticed several computer-related terms in the mix:
17a. Keyboard Key (ENTER)
47a. Computer data acronym (ASCII)
56a. Program file-name extension (EXE)
Other notable answers include the puzzle’s favorite newsman, Roger MUDD (63a.); a welcome bit of “old-timey” slang in DUDED UP (45a.); and BLOTTO (31a.), potentially a call-back to Monday’s JOTTO.
Finally, the “How is this a Tuesday Question?” Award goes to: Kwame NKRUMAH (27a.), advocate of pan-Africanism and the first Prime Minister of Ghana. WHO!?
