First: about cryptic crosswords. A recentGuardiancryptic crossword included this clue: ‘Person catching extremists in Ferrari with tank. (9)’ (See it in contexthere.) The successful solver pays scant attention to its literal meaning, and instead deconstructs it, after any number of false star...
InsideThe New York Times’ Big Bet on Games(Vanity Fair): I spent a part of last year working on some gaming product concepts and so am very interested in how this space is evolving. This piece was an interesting insight into how the games products (Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle, Digi...
InsideThe New York Times’ Big Bet on Games(Vanity Fair): I spent a part of last year working on some gaming product concepts and so am very interested in how this space is evolving. This piece was an interesting insight into how the games products (Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle, Digi...
So here it is, my last Times Jumbo Cryptic Crossword blog post. After 6 years, 360-odd Jumbos and literally a million words it’s time for this internet nobody to close their laptop and get on with other things. If you’ve stuck with me for the duration then thanks for reading. If...
Why does this feel so hard to me? Where will I find the added measure of patience I will need for another baby? When will I ever sleep? I saw a girlfriends status on Facebook the other day. We are the same age, the only difference is that she already has 3 kids. ...
Moiselfactually looked into the cost of getting a stick-on plaque, made of the same material and using the same font as the one on Shop Man’s garage door, which would have one word on it:GIRLY. My fantasy prank was to (can you guess where this is headed?), one day at the end...
So, the arrangements you need to consider are 720 / 2 = 360. Take each one, one day at a time. It will take you 360 days. For each of the 360 different arrangements you will have a problem equivalent to solving a code word crossword. But solving it with no letters as clues. ...
Explanation 1: Luke has made many solid contributions in the past, and such contributors' comments tend to receive more upvotes than others' do, just by a kind of halo effect: "Luke's other posts are good, so he's a good rationalist, so this comment of his must be good too." I do...