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THURSDAY PUZZLE — As soon arsenic I looked astatine it, I knew I was not successful for a emblematic Thursday puzzle. I’ll prevention my afloat thoughts connected the taxable for below, but cognize that I truly enjoyed it. Dan Caprera’s archetypal puzzle ran connected Wednesday, July 31, 2019, and today’s is his 2nd quality successful the New York Times Crossword. I enjoyed today’s puzzle truthful overmuch that I went backmost and solved his archetypal one, which I missed erstwhile it archetypal ran. In today’s puzzle, immoderate highlights for maine were 16-Across (a large debut!), 35-Across, 6-Down, 32-Down (another large debut) and 43-Down.

While filling successful this grid, I was reminded of a fewer of my different favourite antithetic Thursday puzzles. Here’s a enactment of 3 of my favorites to lick erstwhile you decorativeness this one: July 1, 2021, by Joe Deeney; May 20, 2021, by Trenton Charlson; and Jan. 9, 2020, by Alex Eaton-Salners. With this list, I contented a reminder: On immoderate fixed day, you mightiness tally into a caller favourite puzzle. I anticipation you enjoyed solving this 1 arsenic overmuch arsenic I did.

Tricky Clues

15A. Finsteraarhorn is simply a upland successful the ALPs. For immoderate crushed my encephalon conscionable couldn’t decipher if it was the sanction of an medium (A LP) oregon a idiosyncratic (AL P). Just a mountain.

52A. Eric ANDRÉ is an American comedian who is champion known for his surreal wit arsenic seen connected “The Eric Andre Show.” He besides plays Azizi, 1 of the hyenas, successful the remake of “The Lion King.”

54A. The “Big feller?” successful this hint is an AXE, arsenic successful a feller of trees, and not a ample idiosyncratic oregon animal.

60A. Suzuki makes a wide assortment of products, specified arsenic cars, motorcycles, wheelchairs and outboard motors. In this case, the reply is ATV.

8D. “Mouthy?” successful this hint is looking for ORAL, not for idiosyncratic who talks excessively much.

21D. I initially filled successful PILATES here, but the reply present is TOE TAPS. I was astir apt swayed, nevertheless unconsciously, by this article astir the conflict for the bequest of Joseph Pilates, who created the workout program.

Today’s Theme

Mr. Caprera’s puzzle gives america 4 taxable answers and a revealer. It whitethorn look analyzable astatine archetypal glance, but erstwhile I got rolling, I recovered it to beryllium precise creaseless and fun. Before I filled thing in, I guessed that the puzzle was spreadsheet themed. I utilized to play Eve Online, a crippled wherever the subordinate basal is known for its prodigious usage of spreadsheets, truthful delight recognize that this thought is very breathtaking to me. In reality, the taxable is much of a scavenger hunt.

This puzzle’s rows are numbered (1 done 15), and its columns are assigned a missive (A done N). In each taxable answer, the circled letters correspond the coordinates of a fixed quadrate successful the grid. At 16-Across, we person STUNTWOMAN, pointing america to the quadrate N2, which contains the missive P.

So, each taxable reply points to a missive that spells retired the revealer. You tin click oregon pat beneath for what it is, arsenic good arsenic for immoderate much accusation connected the theme.

62A. What’s spelled out, appropriately, aft mapping the coordinates indicated by this puzzle’s circled letters

Constructor Notes

Hey all! Thrilled to person my 2nd puzzle successful The Times. My archetypal puzzle was published successful 2019, and aft 3 years, it’s bully to beryllium back!

So, I consciousness arsenic if this puzzle volition firmly disagreement solvers into 2 groups: radical who similar the unusual gimmick each present and then, and radical who don’t. Personally, I deliberation gimmicks are great.

Thanks, arsenic always, to everyone connected the NYT Crossword unit for each their hard work, and for taking a accidental connected this think-outside-the-box theme.

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