# Anyone else do the NYT crossword? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349 "2019-06-22T18:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/1 "2019-06-22T18:14:32Z")
I do it daily. I’d love to discuss the daily puzzles if anyone else is a solver. ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/2 "2019-06-22T18:19:32Z")
the only puzzles i like are speed cubes ---
**Author:** ![Damb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/damb/32/44045_2.png) [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/3 "2019-06-22T18:19:42Z")
I don’t do them, but when I do happen to see that crossword grid, I always wish to myself that I had the mental calm to sit down and grind…but alas, I always grab da-yo’ ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/4 "2019-06-22T20:42:05Z")
I always do the minis. Maybe one day once I’m good enough I’ll move to the main daily puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/5 "2019-06-22T21:03:34Z")
They really get easier the more you do them. Start with the Monday’s and move your way up. They get progressively harder as the week goes on. ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/6 "2019-06-22T21:07:02Z")
I used to do the local crossword daily when I was GM at a restaurant years ago. Never since though :thinking: ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/7 "2019-06-23T05:01:57Z")
I was doing them for a while when I was train commuting but haven’t had time recently. I can do Monday, Tuesday, and some Wednesday’s. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/8 "2019-06-27T17:39:45Z")
@vegabomb I just restarted my subscription. Ran through Monday/Tuesday from this week pretty quick but am not doing great with Thursday so far. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/9 "2019-06-27T17:43:59Z")
Yea Monday and tuesday are way more doable early on. Thursday’s are arguably the toughest of the week. They almost always have some weird twist like a rebus. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/10 "2019-06-27T18:45:34Z")
Figuring out there was a rebus was a major help in today’s. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/11 "2019-06-27T19:10:45Z")
Yea there’s really no solving it without that. Were you able to finish it? ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/12 "2019-06-27T20:22:32Z")
Yeah, wound up finishing it. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/13 "2019-07-01T20:01:29Z")
Finished today in 10:08. A hair under my average for a Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/14 "2019-07-01T20:02:57Z")
I was 14:17 9:57 on the Tuesday ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/15 "2019-07-02T12:59:27Z")
I used to do them regularly on Sunday’s, would get the Sunday paper. But now with a 1 year old I just buy the books. Currently going through this one ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/0/e/50e3dcf3de96ce50a0fef76a1d45f4d9ab5bb802.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/16 "2019-07-02T16:02:18Z")
Nice. You smokes my Tuesday time. 13:58. I filled in everything in the SE using just the across clues. Had ETHos instead of ETHIC. Took me a couple minutes to find the error. Also, I feel like with the tense of the clue at 69A it needs to be ethic”s”, not ethic. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/17 "2019-07-03T17:15:12Z")
I watched Jeopardy while I solved Wednesday so time is a little slower due to that. Still a pretty tough Wednesday, 29:07. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/18 "2019-07-03T17:20:44Z")
I’m too dumb for crosswords… Crossword’s all like: Across 1. The number that comes after three And I’m all like: Ummm. Let me google that! ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/19 "2019-07-03T17:23:37Z")
> [@twitch77](#): > > Ummm. Let me google that! No googling! 🙂 I only count a time if I finish without the google. Occasionally on a later in the week puzzle I’ll throw in the towel and look something up. But I count that puzzle as a DNF. ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-do-the-nyt-crossword/304349/20 "2019-07-03T17:57:04Z")
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