CROSSWORDS: Practice: 2012 Spring
- 4/6/2012:
28-Jan 2002 (NYT Mon): Will Shortz's description; other free NYT Monday crosswords
original puzzle: [.pdf], [.puz]; solution: [.pdf]; [XWord Info]
a rough classification of clues/answers:
FITB (Fill in the ___): 5A, 14A, 23A, 33A, 41A, 3D, 7D, 12D, 34D, 52D
crosswordese: 16A, 23A, 39A, 25D, 42D, 47D, 59D
foreign: 22A, 33A, 49A
prefix: 17A, 8D, 53D
abbrev./acronym: 61A, 2D, 9D, 55D, 58D
verb endings: 42A, 11D, 24D, 33D, 35D, 41D
noun plurals: 36A, 50A, 60A, 63A, 1D, 4D, 11D, 24D, 35D, 39D, 41D, 44D, 45D, 46D
theme: 18A, 27A, 43A, 57A (long across answers) -- plus corners: 1A, 10A, 64A, 66A
- 4/13/2012: we did not solve a puzzle, but we did look at many examples of Clues and Themes
- 4/20/2012:
31-Oct 2000 (NYT Tue): Will Shortz's description; other free NYT Tuesday crosswords
original puzzle: [.pdf], [.puz]; solution: [.pdf]; [XWord Info]
a rough classification of clues/answers:
FITB: 20A, 46A, 57A, 33D, 52D
names: 6A, 53A, 62A, 64A, 9D, 30D, 33D, 54D
crosswordese: 10D, 54D
foreign: 57A, 34D, 49D
abbrev., acronym, sequence: 16A, 25A, 24D, 26D, 59D
theme: 17A, 54A?, 58A, 11D, 28D -- and all those circled letters
- 4/27/2012:
08-May-1997 (NYT Thu): Will Shortz's description
original puzzle: [.pdf], [.puz]; solution: [.pdf]; [XWord Info]
08-Jan-1998 (NYT Thu):
original puzzle: [.pdf], [.puz]; solution: [.pdf]; [XWord Info]
