Month: September 2025

0930-25 NY Times Crossword 30 Sep 25, Tuesday

Constructed by: Justin Werfel
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: It’s a Delight

Themed answers are all common phrases, but with a letter D LIGHT, missing:

  • 59A “I love this!” … or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues : IT’S A DELIGHT! … or, IT”S A “D” LIGHT
  • 17A *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? : CROW CONTROL (from “crowd control”)
  • 28A *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? : GARBAGE UMP (from “garbage dump”)
  • 35A *Primate with perfect pitch? : ON-KEY KONG (from “Donkey Kong”)
  • 47A *Kelley Blue Book? : CAR CATALOG (from “card catalog”)

Bill’s time: 7m 48s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Apologies for my recent absences. I am travelling in Europe, somewhat unexpectedly. I will be doing my best to keep up with puzzles and posts, but might “go missing” occasionally until I get back home to California.

In the meantime, I will be trying to at least write these abbreviated posts.

Again, apologies, and thank you for your understanding.

Bill