New York Times Crossword March 26 2024 Answers

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TUESDAY'S PUZZLE – A few of the clues in Today's Crossword, created by Laura Dershowitz and Kathryn Baker, share almost identical wording – a nod, perhaps, to a different kind of matching found in the puzzle's theme – so, let's take a minute to talk about the twin clues . In fact, since the wording of the pairs in this puzzle aren't exactly identical, we'll call them fraternal twin clues.

New analysts may wonder why, if a clue like “Fairytale monster” (36d) resolves to OGRE, a later clue that reads “Fairytale monsters” (47d) resolves not to “ogres,” but to giants. The answer is disappointing, but I'll say it anyway: Ghouls would be too easy. The clues are never repeated by chance, and repetition exists only to mislead you or to add variety. In the case of “moving” (1a) and “moving?” (6a), we have to interpret the same words in two different ways. “Move,” as in traveling with some urgency, is tantamount to “silence.” But “move?” He uses a question mark to indicate an unlikely and more powerful use of this phrase: to urge someone – perhaps a cow – to go somewhere.

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today's subject

Whether you learned about the art of the “false argument” (34A) on your high school debate team or by listening to American politicians speak, I hope you will be able to use it here as an “audio hint to the answers to the starred clues.” “

On 17 trans, “Maybe a mint on a pillow?” It is the first of these clues we have. We find such a feature most often in a hotel suite – and it happens to be great. This makes it a great hotel suite for those who pursue it. Isn't “Pippi Longstocking” (27A) a kind of pigtail tale?

I trust you like the sound of this. Ms. Dershowitz and Ms. Baker popularize AD HOMINEM's (34A) attack on our senses by adding synonyms Each entry is marked with a star. My favorite was the key on 57A: “Mother Superior?” She is a nun like no other.

The makers' argument may be a fallacy, but they win it anyway; I was having so much fun here that I forgot to reply.

Difficult evidence

31 a. “Many thousands of years” may take the plural form in some cases, but here the singular aeon includes a period wide enough to be sufficient.

45 a. “Pro-pirate?” Not a baller left out of yesterday's crossword – the clue is just asking for a sound of approval from someone at sea. That's yes.

54 a. This “student with a tutor” must be trapped within the walls of puzzle networks: while TUTEE has appeared in the Times crossword, I have never heard the word used in other contexts to describe such a person.

6 d. “Like checks and balances?” It has nothing to do with the topics suggested by its wording, unfortunately. This guide describes plural forms only.

10 D. I didn't know there was a “handmade type” of any kind. I thought DIY was like that Type. Input is how. (What other kind of crafts is it then? How could it not?)

35 D. This “drawing style with sudden shifts of color” is known as HARD-EDGE, a term He coined it Art critic in California in 1959.

39 D. “Testing with a capital E” seems to emphasize the importance of evaluation. But this is just an eye test, as a person is more likely to be staring at a chart with large letters.

Creator Notes

Laura Dershowitz: I'm so excited to be featured in the New York Times Crossword! This is one of the biggest highlights of my life – along with my wedding, the birth of my son, and a cake tasting I once attended. Many thanks to my co-builder and my friend Kate, who taught me how to make a crossword. You have opened the door to a source of so much joy and joy! Thanks also to Darren, my oldest crossword puzzle friend, who introduced us. I would also like to thank Christina Iverson for her support with reviewing the puzzle and my husband Matt for his support with everything else!

Catherine Baker: I'm thrilled to be a part of Laura's Times amazing debut! The topic idea was all hers, and we had fun brainstorming topic entries. On the left on the cutting room floor: “Jedi Knight Night” (“Free Drinks for Order Members!”), “Heir in the Air” (“Succession Plot Summary?”) and “Done.” – for Four” (“The Losers of the Elite Eight”), among others. Our collaborations have been featured in numerous other outlets, and we work together on every aspect of our puzzles, passing grids back and forth and then writing clues in a shared spreadsheet — and cracking each other up Some, if no one else.

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