I'll go first. I am Ara Parseghian.
Let's be a Crossword Puzzle
by Anonymous | reply 156 | May 11, 2024 11:58 PM |
I am a ewer
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 30, 2024 12:23 AM |
I am “GPS in England.”
I am SATNAV.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 30, 2024 1:30 AM |
I am a lea
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 30, 2024 1:37 AM |
I am the Otoes
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 30, 2024 1:39 AM |
I'm ecru
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 30, 2024 2:32 AM |
I am a four-letter clue for a city in Oklahoma.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 30, 2024 2:38 AM |
I’m a three-letter clue for the actress who plays the middle Brady sister.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 30, 2024 2:45 AM |
I’m the question mark following a clue, hinting that the answer is a pun.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 30, 2024 2:48 AM |
R6, I was born in that city and till I started doing the NYT crossword last year I had no idea how often they trot it out.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 30, 2024 2:54 AM |
Hi Enid!
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 30, 2024 2:57 AM |
I’m a four letter college town in Iowa.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 30, 2024 2:58 AM |
I’m “yes” for Pedro.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 30, 2024 3:04 AM |
During downtime, I was playing a game with a co-worker where we had to name a city or state on the basis of the last letter of the prior entry. My colleague, a Southern transplant was running through all the Southern towns ending with “ville.” I hadn’t known they were so prevalent. By this time, I had - I thought - exhausted all my go-to “E” cities & cried uncle. Then another co-worker through me a lifeline: “A 4-letter city in Oklahoma.” So disappointed in myself, I yelled out an anguished, “Enid.”
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 30, 2024 3:05 AM |
I get progressively more difficult throughout the week, culminating in my Saturday offering. Many think that my Sunday grid is the most challenging, but Sunday’s degree of difficulty is generally regarded to be the equal of what I offer on Wednesday.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 30, 2024 3:18 AM |
I’m ZaSu Pitts.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 30, 2024 3:30 AM |
I’m the 575th clue for “Oreo”
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 30, 2024 5:27 AM |
I’m a Pennsylvania lake port town. Can you guess?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 30, 2024 5:29 AM |
I’m “abysm.”
I’m very controversial.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 30, 2024 5:30 AM |
I'm Lena Olin.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 30, 2024 5:44 AM |
I'm Idi Amin.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 30, 2024 10:37 AM |
I'm oleo
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 30, 2024 10:40 AM |
I'm the opposite of SSW or conversely, the opposite of NNE.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 30, 2024 10:47 AM |
I’m the music producer of Bowie, Talking Heads & U2
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 30, 2024 11:19 AM |
I'm the convenient Roman numeral trotted out to fill space.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 30, 2024 11:37 AM |
I'm an ETUI!
Put your pins in me!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 30, 2024 11:51 AM |
I'm an OBI!
Wrap your kimono with me!
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 30, 2024 11:52 AM |
I'm Fred Ebb
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 30, 2024 11:54 AM |
I am a flightless bird
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 30, 2024 12:00 PM |
I’m an asp 🐍
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 30, 2024 12:05 PM |
I'm an epee
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 30, 2024 12:08 PM |
I’m bereaved Beatle widow 😱
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 30, 2024 1:34 PM |
It’s hard to make a living constructing crosswords, but you’ll manage to eke it out!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 30, 2024 2:28 PM |
I’m the editor, trying to come up with novel ways to describe “OREO” and “EL AL,” as they are legally required to appear in every goddamned puzzle.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 30, 2024 2:30 PM |
I’m “no” for Pierre.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 30, 2024 2:43 PM |
I'm Golden Girl ___ Arthur.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 30, 2024 2:54 PM |
I’m a Swedish pop palindrome
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 30, 2024 3:07 PM |
I'm APE
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 30, 2024 3:10 PM |
I’m two across.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 30, 2024 3:12 PM |
I am priestly garb or camelhair fabric.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 30, 2024 3:15 PM |
I'm the impossible clue to get, and you think "do people really know this or am I a moron?"
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 30, 2024 3:32 PM |
I'm eel and olé.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 30, 2024 3:41 PM |
I’m the New York Times crossword. I’m not for the likes of you.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 30, 2024 3:43 PM |
I'm Mel OTT, the ALOU brothers, and other baseball greats with short surnames that are remembered by countless people thanks to the NYT crossword puzzle.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 30, 2024 3:49 PM |
I'm the sound one makes when they see a mouse.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 30, 2024 4:26 PM |
I'm I.M. Pei.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 30, 2024 4:53 PM |
I’m a poet aka an ODE writer.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | April 30, 2024 4:55 PM |
I'm a ..., or a hint to the starred clues.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | April 30, 2024 5:12 PM |
I’m Ana Alicia. I’ve been replaced by Ana De Armas
by Anonymous | reply 48 | April 30, 2024 6:07 PM |
[quote] I'm Mel OTT, the ALOU brothers, and other baseball greats with short surnames that are remembered by countless people thanks to the NYT crossword puzzle.
Enos Slaughter!
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 30, 2024 6:41 PM |
I'm either ALAS or AH ME. The clue's the same, so you'll have to work out another letter to know which I REALLY am.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 30, 2024 6:47 PM |
I'm the horrific Mad Libs-esque NYT crossword experiment of August 29, 2023, and all the threatened subscription cancellations.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 30, 2024 6:49 PM |
I;m the 576th, r16. I appeared today!
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 30, 2024 6:53 PM |
I’m a letter from the Greek alphabet.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 30, 2024 7:47 PM |
I'm part 2 of the quote.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 30, 2024 7:49 PM |
I truly appreciate this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 30, 2024 7:53 PM |
I'm one of the multiple-letter-squares from the Thursday puzzle that fits the theme.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 30, 2024 7:56 PM |
R54 And I either hate you or love you.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | April 30, 2024 7:59 PM |
I'm Ava Gardner. I've been replaced by Ava DuVernay. I'll be sitting over here by my pal Ada Lovelace.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 30, 2024 7:59 PM |
I was just going to mention the Ava’s.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | April 30, 2024 8:08 PM |
I'm a long and horizontal answer, which for some reason makes me easier to solve than long and vertical.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 30, 2024 8:15 PM |
It's threads like this that make me subscribe for another month.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 30, 2024 8:16 PM |
I’m the lovely symmetry of the black squares.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 30, 2024 8:20 PM |
I’m a mineral deposit.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 30, 2024 8:26 PM |
I'm spine tingling.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 30, 2024 8:31 PM |
Nice to see that so many of us do crossword puzzles!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 30, 2024 8:34 PM |
Had this recently... "_____ pretty" As a gay man who has performed in theatre and has many Sondheim's recordings, I felt like an idiot the next day when I learned the answer was "I FEEL"
Almost turned in my gay card!
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 30, 2024 9:09 PM |
You’ll feel even worse if you try to solve any of Sondheim’s crosswords, R66. He was brutal.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 30, 2024 9:34 PM |
I solved the most difficult puzzle used in the American Crossword Puzzle tournament. The contestants had 30 minutes (and the vast majority did not complete it). It took me more than 90 minutes, but I did it.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 30, 2024 9:47 PM |
Did the winner need the whole 30 minutes?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 30, 2024 10:13 PM |
I do the NYT crossword puzzle Thurs-Sat with (usually) a goodly amount of success, but I’m largely stumped by the Saturday Newsday puzzle.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | April 30, 2024 10:23 PM |
I don’t know, r69. Probably not.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | April 30, 2024 10:26 PM |
I don't work the NYT crosswords on Mon-Tues as they're too easy for me now, so I do The New Yorker's crosswords on those days. Some of the same constructors the Times uses, but some of the answers can be a bit racy sometimes (not that I mind). I always enjoy Natan Last's puzzles, even though I don't often know some of the rappers or poets he mentions, so I just work around those answers until they're filled in. Educational! (Of course, I forget them immediately.)
On topic: I'm SInger Sumac.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | April 30, 2024 10:31 PM |
Nothing personal, but I hate you, r18.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 30, 2024 10:31 PM |
Hi! We’re your variant spellings, like EMEER and TIPI!
You’ll see us when your puzzlemaker needs a lazy shortcut.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | April 30, 2024 10:51 PM |
I’m 24 Across: “Opposite of 13 Down”
I’m 13 Down: “Opposite of 24 Across”
We’re here to fuck up your day.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 30, 2024 10:53 PM |
And I’m “SRTA,” the Spanish cousin of “MLLE.”
I am a common puta, because I am everywhere.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | April 30, 2024 10:55 PM |
Gen. Bradley 4 letters.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | April 30, 2024 11:03 PM |
Lot's wife
by Anonymous | reply 78 | April 30, 2024 11:05 PM |
I'm Merl, crossword puzzle constructor extraordinare.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | April 30, 2024 11:53 PM |
I’m Thursday’s NYT puzzle within a puzzle crossword that makes people lose their minds when they have to use the REBUS key.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | April 30, 2024 11:57 PM |
I'm Spelling Bee, the crossword puzzle's redheaded cousin. I reject perfectly legitimate "problematic" words like "whore," as well as widely used scientific terms that are liberally sprinkled throughout the crossword puzzles.
Also -- I'm "Icee" and Eugene T. Maleska.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | May 1, 2024 1:02 AM |
I’m for whom Argentina is not to cry.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | May 1, 2024 1:32 AM |
I'm Patti LuPone
by Anonymous | reply 83 | May 1, 2024 1:34 AM |
I'm Candy Bergen
by Anonymous | reply 84 | May 1, 2024 1:35 AM |
[quote]Hi! We’re your variant spellings, like EMEER and TIPI!
I'm your French friend... Amee
by Anonymous | reply 85 | May 1, 2024 1:43 AM |
I’m Egad, I was replaced by “Oh Fuck” about 100 years ago
by Anonymous | reply 86 | May 1, 2024 1:53 AM |
I am "stoat"
*giggle*
by Anonymous | reply 87 | May 1, 2024 2:13 AM |
I’m ent
by Anonymous | reply 88 | May 1, 2024 2:14 AM |
I’m Esau, bow bitches! I lived in another era eons ago.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | May 1, 2024 7:16 AM |
Eat my Esau, I’m in more puzzles and I have more Oscars than you could ever dream of
by Anonymous | reply 90 | May 1, 2024 8:54 AM |
Eat my ass Esau*
by Anonymous | reply 91 | May 1, 2024 9:09 AM |
😱 I killed another thread
by Anonymous | reply 92 | May 3, 2024 3:05 AM |
I’m the cryptic crossword, with no need for all of these Will Shortz nonsense words.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | May 3, 2024 3:10 AM |
I’m “___ Maria.”
by Anonymous | reply 94 | May 3, 2024 1:27 PM |
[quote]I'm APE
But never as a primate!
Always as either "copy" or "imitate."
by Anonymous | reply 95 | May 3, 2024 1:39 PM |
I’m that young star you don’t know from that show you don’t watch.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | May 3, 2024 1:56 PM |
I'm an aper, meaning I imitate people
by Anonymous | reply 97 | May 3, 2024 2:07 PM |
I suffer from boredom. I'm ENNUI.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | May 3, 2024 2:40 PM |
I’m all the Star Wars & Star Trek references
by Anonymous | reply 99 | May 3, 2024 2:44 PM |
Chalcedony
by Anonymous | reply 100 | May 3, 2024 2:54 PM |
I'm Tbilisi.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | May 3, 2024 3:04 PM |
Will Shortz is reading all this and planning his revenge
by Anonymous | reply 102 | May 3, 2024 3:22 PM |
I'm a "oner" -- a virtually unused word that was the eel, the aper, the rhea, and the Icee of yesteryear when my father did the puzzle.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | May 3, 2024 5:56 PM |
I’m Estee Lauder. My first name is more popular in crosswords than it ever was in real life.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | May 3, 2024 6:01 PM |
I’m a creel.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | May 4, 2024 6:48 AM |
I am Miss Lindsey _ _ _ _ _ _.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | May 4, 2024 7:17 AM |
^I think when it’s a girl, it’s spelled with an “a”.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | May 4, 2024 11:18 AM |
I am a dwarf buffalo.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | May 4, 2024 11:52 AM |
I do my runway up and down sheer alpine mountains? ⛰️
by Anonymous | reply 109 | May 4, 2024 11:57 AM |
^^ Not to be confused with the holly genus.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | May 4, 2024 12:01 PM |
Fuck all of U and U can all lick my balls
by Anonymous | reply 111 | May 4, 2024 12:09 PM |
Ibex?
by Anonymous | reply 112 | May 5, 2024 2:19 AM |
I'm ades. Not to be confused with AIDS. I really look forward to those warm summer evenings, when I go on the porch and enjoy some lemonade, limeade, and my other favorite ades.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | May 5, 2024 2:39 AM |
Dang R80 beat me to it, but yes, the anxiety of the Thursday puzzle…rebus or won’t they…and the cranky NYT commenters in either case.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | May 5, 2024 3:01 AM |
I’m the Saturday NYT. Sunday may be the biggest, but I’m the most difficult. You’ll never see me coming.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | May 5, 2024 3:05 AM |
r113 I'm "Words With Friends" and you are not an acceptable word around here.
Nyah..... nyah..... nyah.....
by Anonymous | reply 116 | May 5, 2024 3:06 AM |
You are me, R82?!
by Anonymous | reply 117 | May 5, 2024 3:14 AM |
I'm LSD, which pops up with alarming regularity.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | May 5, 2024 1:48 PM |
[quote] I’m the Saturday NYT. Sunday may be the biggest, but I’m the most difficult. You’ll never see me coming.
[quote] I get progressively more difficult throughout the week, culminating in my Saturday offering. Many think that my Sunday grid is the most challenging, but Sunday’s degree of difficulty is generally regarded to be the equal of what I offer on Wednesday.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | May 5, 2024 1:56 PM |
I’m the puzzle from 1996 in the archives that Boomers love to solve because there’s no clues about Disney movies or Game of Thrones.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | May 5, 2024 3:03 PM |
^ Heaven
by Anonymous | reply 121 | May 5, 2024 3:09 PM |
OREO
by Anonymous | reply 122 | May 5, 2024 7:53 PM |
OLEO
by Anonymous | reply 123 | May 5, 2024 8:20 PM |
I am “Direction from Cedar Rapids to Sioux City,” some other pair of minor cities that inevitably ends up as NNE…or sometimes SSE.
I suck.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | May 5, 2024 9:04 PM |
I gave you stupid bitches a few fill-ins so you wouldn’t pull your hair out. NO MORE … for many eons
by Anonymous | reply 125 | May 5, 2024 9:07 PM |
I’m a generational portmanteau.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | May 5, 2024 9:47 PM |
I’m the easy S on the plural clues.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | May 5, 2024 9:52 PM |
^ 😍🥰😘
by Anonymous | reply 129 | May 5, 2024 10:24 PM |
I’m today’s NYT puzzle’s TWO references to menstrual products.
One was more than enough.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | May 5, 2024 11:13 PM |
Careful, r128
by Anonymous | reply 131 | May 5, 2024 11:13 PM |
Menses
by Anonymous | reply 132 | May 5, 2024 11:43 PM |
ARIES
by Anonymous | reply 133 | May 6, 2024 6:22 AM |
I'm the crossword puzzle app on your phone. I'm lovely because I tell you right away if you put in a wrong answer.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | May 6, 2024 9:39 AM |
^^^wrong LETTER, that is.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | May 6, 2024 9:39 AM |
I’m Nick and Nora’s dog
by Anonymous | reply 136 | May 6, 2024 11:29 AM |
I'm the clue "Nick at ____"
by Anonymous | reply 137 | May 6, 2024 11:52 AM |
Aloha! I’m “Mauna ___”.
Most of the time, it’s “Loa,” but sometimes it’s “Kea,” ‘cuz I’m unpredictable.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | May 6, 2024 3:32 PM |
I'm the answer to a clue that is comprised of the answers of two other clues.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | May 6, 2024 4:03 PM |
I'm the smug satisfaction you get when you solve a clue that spans the entire width of the grid.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | May 6, 2024 4:05 PM |
I hate all cross-referenced clues. Apparently constructors and/or editors think they’re cute.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | May 6, 2024 4:08 PM |
I hate the 'spoken' clues like, "It's unclear" or "That being said..." One NYTimes puzzle within the last year had seven of them. "Bah ______."
by Anonymous | reply 142 | May 6, 2024 8:02 PM |
r139 I'm the intense dislike for these types of clues.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | May 6, 2024 8:35 PM |
I’m the comparison “er” and “est” clues that make solvers happy. I’m aiming to end with “ing” which creates euphoria.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | May 6, 2024 8:49 PM |
I’m “earlap” because “earflap” wouldn’t fit.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | May 7, 2024 2:52 PM |
I'm a four-letter word for an aftershave your grandfather used but is barely on the shelves anymore.
You'll see me in the NYT Crossword clues at least twice a week.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | May 7, 2024 3:26 PM |
I'm a Ute!
by Anonymous | reply 147 | May 7, 2024 5:25 PM |
I'm the "var." at the end of clue. You may know WHAT I am, but you've no idea how to SPELL me.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | May 10, 2024 7:06 PM |
I’m the favorite instrument in the orchestra. At least in crosswords. I’m the lowly OBOE.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | May 11, 2024 2:47 AM |
I’m foreign languages. I’m brought in when the puzzle maker finds himself in a k-hole. I come in on the Trojan horse of being sophisticated & worldly.
Put 2 or 3 of me in the same corner and it’s lights out except for Vaitst the Arkitek
by Anonymous | reply 150 | May 11, 2024 2:59 AM |
Agra here, checking in.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | May 11, 2024 3:07 AM |
Ural crazy
by Anonymous | reply 152 | May 11, 2024 4:20 PM |
I’m Stiller’s comedy pal.
I’m useful when you need to pack three vowels into five letters.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | May 11, 2024 11:09 PM |
I’m Esai Morales.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | May 11, 2024 11:26 PM |
I’m your Google Newsfeed getting all confused by your NYT clue searches.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | May 11, 2024 11:51 PM |
I’m Woody’s ex.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | May 11, 2024 11:58 PM |