It’s interesting how knowing the constructor’s work influences how I feel during the solve, however. For me, that is almost always the case with Patrick Berry “difficult” themeless puzzles. And somehow, it all fits together eventually. My favorite kind of themeless is one where I feel like I don’t know any of the clues. I love to show off my minimal sports knowledge. 97A SHORTSTOP. The diamond being the baseball field.
15D THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY! Another fun one.4D DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! Took me forever to see this one, but those long pillars are so satisfying to enter, aren’t they?.WaPo crossword solution * 8 21 22 * “Themeless No.
In the comments, let us know your favorite entries!Įvan Birnholz’s Washington Post crossword, “Hearsay”- Jim Q’s write-up – 4D: AREA – Clever! Length x width (or side x side)Ī super joyful solving experience and #constructorgoals feelings from someone who only wishes they could build puzzles that play this smoothly. – 57D: NEOPRONOUNS – What are NEOPRONOUNS, you ask? Read up on them here! Here were some of my favorite of the longer entries: Perhaps the only square I truly had trouble with was at the crossing of ARGOTS and PASSACAGLIA, but I was glad to learn of both entries and intuited the G correctly. Bravo to the pair! What a smooth grid, indeed. It’s tough to do a themeless well, much less one this open and with so many incredible long entries.
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