We're going to say this puzzle takes hold of those who attempt it and pulls a 256 Across, aka, "Turns inside out." And if you're easily frazzled, you might consider 56 Across, "Stay away from." But we're going to go with 145 Across, a four-letter word for "posterior." As in "this crossword is a true pain in the four-letter-word for posterior."īut for those who can get through it, there's a chance for a prize. Ha ha ha ha boo hoo hoo hoo, hour and a half, indeed. An elite solver could knock it off in an hour and a half." "We didn't want it too hard because it's so crazily big. New York Times puzzles get progressively harder as the week goes on, and "the difficulty level for this puzzle is from Tuesday or Wednesday, verging into a Thursday," Longo said. (Substitute "hours" for "days" if you're being realistic.) "I'd say multiply that times four for this one, so two or three hours at the very least," Longo says. While a normal New York Times crossword takes ace solvers as little as six minutes, an average person needs 30 to 45 minutes. "The second is supposed to be 388D, and does not affect the solving of the puzzle." "There are two 387D numbers in the grid," the Times notes in its Wordplay column online. There's already been one correction made to the puzzle.
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