![]() ![]() But when you have multiple difficult or obscure clues in the same area on the grid, it makes it much harder to work through it. If I'm working a Monday puzzle, for example, there may be an across clue I can't solve by itself, but it doesn't matter if I can get enough of the down clues that cross it.which is usually possible on the easier puzzles. Obscure or difficult clues that cross each other. Personally, I know enough Spanish to handle those, but French and Latin are a different story, especially if they're not really common crossword answers that I've seen before. It's not too uncommon for Spanish, French, Latin (and others, but those seem to be the most common) to make it's way into puzzles. Obviously some are much easier than others, but especially if you start including obscure or foreign place names and lesser known historical figures, artists, etc, it increases the likelihood that the solver won't know the answer.įoreign words/phrases. I'm doing some other puzzles during this quarantine and they are more difficult because they use a different group of words or "code." Those are actually more fun to solve because they are so unexpected.Īside from the excellent answer /u/cruciverbalizt gave, I'll add a few more things that tend to add to difficulty in my opinion. I've done NYT for a long time and I know the code. ![]() It's like learning a code, and once you get that, you're good. But in reality, there are really a very small number of words that are used, and once you learn them, you can solve really quickly. When people start out the NYT, they usually think that the puzzle will be filled with literally anything. Rex Parker (Michael Sharp) calls it crosswordese, and those short 3- or 4-letter words are often used from puzzle to puzzle because they work. Those are "easier" to get because they're usually just one word (whereas those stacks can be entire phrases) and there are really only so many that can work.
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