Calling all crossword addicts...

[Puzzler]

... if you're interested, tomorrow's (Friday) New York Times crossword is by yours truly.

Available at the NYT website 10pm EST tonight.

(end of shameless self-promotion)


-Puzzler

[Scuba]

1. Link?

Not too many opera clues I hope.

[Puzzler]

3. Unfortunately it's a premium site at the NYT.

However, the blog is not:

http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/

[alphafemale]

2. That is awesome. nt

[Phentex]

4. My husband does them...

he never did crosswords until he met me. Then we started doing them together. Over time, he started hogging them for himself. Now, I'm only called in for finishing.

I'll let him know that I "spoke" to the creator!

[rug]

5. I hope you didn't use "ait".

I hate "ait".

[Puzzler]

6. Nope.

[rug]

7. Good, I'm in then.

(If I'm stuck I'll pm you for the answer.)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. wow. impressed! will give it a shot -

[Neoma]

9. I don't know how to do them.

Or how to start doing them.

[panader0]

10. I am a crossword freak

I do the Sunday NYT every week, in ink, and quickly. And the local daily duos.
I have noticed that the Friday NYT puzzles, though smaller, are quite difficult.
11 years ago I started dated the lady who has been with me since. I work construction and was eager to show her that I had brains.
She thought she was the "queen of crosswords" so I had her print out two copies of the one she did daily, from the Houston paper.
Ready, set, go. I was done when she was only half way through. I got laid.
Too bad that the NYT charges to get their puzzles. I may have to buy the paper tomorrow to see what you got.
I live in So. Az. and we have a guy down here named Merle Reagle who puts out a great puzzle every Thursday in the Tucson paper.
Here's to you puzzler.

[Suich]

11. The Friday NYT puzzle is usually a tough one for me!

Nyala, seriously??? Aaaaaargh!

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. answers please

[Suich]

13. Here:

http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/

I have to click "syndicated puzzle" for the one in my paper on that day.

[cbayer]

14. That is so cool! And on a Friday, too. I'm going to try it right now and get back to you.

[cbayer]

15. What a great puzzle, but very tough.

I've got a bunch of it, but am very stuck in the upper left corner

Never give up!!

[cbayer]

18. Success!!!

[Moondog]

16. You have every reason

to self-promote. Serious bragging rights come with having one's crossword puzzle being the NYT Crossword Puzzle of the Day. I hope you get the Sunday puzzle someday soon. And then we can all say we knew, well, corresponded, with you back when.

[pink-o]

17. Old school solution:

Gonna go get a print copy @ the library and xerox it!

[byeya]

19. I like the Friday & Saturday NYT puzzles and buy them in book form; the Sunday NYT

puzzles and the Boston Globe Sunday puzzles.
I like the books - better paper - stand up to erasing...

[Graybeard]

20. Congrats Puzzler. I'm impressed.

NY Times has very high standards for the quality of their puzzles. Did Will Shortz contact you at all about editing in any way (changing clues, etc.)?

I'm another NYT addict. Omnibus books (all in the difficult category) occupy much of my time now that I am retired and don't have the daily subway ride doing the puzzles.

[Puzzler]

21. No...

... he just accepted it as is. Will Shortz typically makes changes to many of the clues (to adjust for the difficulty-level, etc.).

Thanks for the kind words... lots more puzzles (from me) in the pipeline for Friday and Saturday addicts