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22 June 2011

This is the NYT crossword puzzle from the day before the 1996 presidential election, which Will Shortz called the most amazing puzzle he'd ever seen. (pic)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:17 | 18 comments

Wow, that's amazing

posted by octothorpe 22 June | 07:38

I was just going to post "Wow, that's amazing" only to find that octothorpe already did.

posted by Obscure Reference 22 June | 07:41

Brilliant.

posted by Senyar 22 June | 07:53

Oh, bravo.

posted by Eideteker 22 June | 08:02

I totally remember that puzzle, which screwed me up mightily.

posted by Miko 22 June | 08:03

that's great. Wow.

posted by gaspode 22 June | 08:16

That's great!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 22 June | 08:32

very cool

posted by Firas 22 June | 08:37

I'm amazed that there are people whose brains work in such a way as to create such a thing.

I *almost* misunderstood how clever this was from the clue for 39 down. "Black Halloween animal" totally made sense to me for "cat", but I was thinking of "bat" in the "thing you hit a baseball with" sense. So I thought each clue only supported one of the two possible 39 across words.

But then I finally clued in that a bat is also a flying black mammal, and... yeah... wow... each clue makes sense given either of the possible words. Clever indeed!

posted by FishBike 22 June | 09:06

Daaaaamn.

posted by Madamina 22 June | 09:45

That is one epic feat of cruciverbalism.

posted by Trurl 22 June | 10:08

Yikes ! That means that I've been doing the NY Times Crossword for more than 15 years, as I clearly remember doing this one.

This kinda makes me feel a tad old lol

posted by rollick 22 June | 10:33

Dittoing Rollick. Now I need to limp away on my walker.

posted by bearwife 22 June | 11:43

I can't imagine having the creative patience to follow an idea like that all the way through. I wonder if it got down to one final word in the series that held them up until a solution was found.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 22 June | 12:15

Wow, that's ama--- never mind.

Just yesterday I was bitching about the poor editing on my free crossword ipod ap, and said "Give me Will Shortz or give me death!"

I know, it's free. But the answer to "Hospital?" should never ever be "OWAWAYPLACE".

posted by Specklet 22 June | 13:27

But the answer to "Hospital?" should never ever be "OWAWAYPLACE".

Really?

posted by Miko 22 June | 13:42

Amazing is what came to my mind as well. Wow.

posted by deborah 22 June | 15:27

Miko, really. It was the worst one by far, but still.

posted by Specklet 23 June | 12:59

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