Personal record for a Saturday #nytxw

Filled in the Sunday #NYTXW but didn't get the happy song. Scanned the puzzle for a bit and decided that the 65A/61D crossing was a likely Natick. And bingo!

I thought yesterday's #NYTXW puzzle was particularly hard, but doing the calculations, it's only 1.25 standard deviations above my average Saturday time for the past year.

The Thu 9/25 puzz was not my favorite #NYTXW. Sussed it out soon enough, but what a PITA.

Congrats to @ffrf.org’s Maddy Ziegler on her #NYTXW debut! (It’s an excellent puzzle, too!)

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
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#NYTXW Way too many natick opportunities for a Monday, but that's the least important complaint about the New York Times these days. Until everyone culpable resigns or a Charlie Hebdo act of heroism returns the newspaper to a reputable periodical that's more committed to journalism than competing with Nazis (I'm not picky about which),, I will no longer be publishing my thoughts on their puzzles. Today's solve music was Daniel Dlugosielski's 'Gargled Acceptance' (Moon Myst, 2017).

#NYTXW Imagine spending your 15th wedding anniversary constructing this instead of fucking. Today's solve music was Ovid's 'Fundamentals' (Amphibient, 2025).

#NYTXW Decent balance of difficulty and breeziness but not much parity of tone. Today's solve music was Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński's 'Barycz' (Dolnośląska Fundacja Ekorozwoju, 2004).

#NYTXW I had a harder time than usual untangling some of this shit and I could blame the cluing but half of it is probably on me, too. Today's solve music was The Red Scare's 'Capillary Lockdown' (Hand Held Heart, 1999).