{"id":124156,"date":"2024-11-10T08:20:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124156"},"modified":"2024-11-10T08:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T01:20:11","slug":"from-start-to-finish-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124156","title":{"rendered":"From Start to Finish &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jump to: <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"#link-4acaa460\" title=\"\">Tricky Clues<\/a> | <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"#link-177cfbd\" title=\"\">Today\u2019s Theme<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/crosswords\/game\/daily\/2024\/11\/10\" title=\"\">SUNDAY PUZZLE<\/a> \u2014 In Joel Fagliano\u2019s print introduction to this grid, he writes: \u201cSam Ezersky, of Buffalo, N.Y., has worked for The Times Games team since 2017. He is the editor of Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and the Mini crossword. Sam keeps a running list of crossword ideas on his iPhone\u2019s Notes app; today\u2019s puzzle, his eighth Sunday, was inspired by the find at 23-Across, though it took months to cobble together a complete set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In this puzzle\u2019s case, \u201ca complete set\u201d is 10, an extravagant amount for a Sunday grid. This bounty helps the solve hustle along once you know what\u2019s up, but Mr. Ezersky has never given his audience a cake walk \u2014 why start now? There\u2019s the usual amount of head-scratchers in both the theme and the fill.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-177cfbd\">Today\u2019s Theme<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Let\u2019s see if we can finish what we start, shall we? There\u2019s a lot of theme in this puzzle: entries at 23-, 25-, 27-, 42-, 68-, 70-, 87-, 109-, 112- and 114-Across. They\u2019re all clued as questions and cleanly fit the trick, but I imagine a few solvers could miss a little bit of theme because an entry makes sense in two contexts. I don\u2019t have a problem with that; if anything, I found it a little intriguing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The trick, which is well described by the title \u2014 \u201cFrom Start to Finish\u201d \u2014 is a visual rearrangement. I stumbled on it at 68-Across, [Vessel for cooking jollof rice or injera bread?], which solves to AFRICAN PAN. Right away I thought of Pan-African, as in the Pan-African movement, though I wonder if some solvers will be unfamiliar with this term. It refers to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Pan-Africanism\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a movement<\/a> that I learned about in school and associate with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/find-resources\/history-explained\/civil-rights-leaders\/web-du-bois\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">W.E.B. Du Bois<\/a>, although it does predate him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This is a neat trick, though I wondered if Mr. Ezersky still had something up his sleeve for a bit. I think the preponderance of clean theme examples is what makes this puzzle work, rather than its complexity. Many of these entries are surprising and just wonderful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A couple of my favorites, which I imagine are crowd-pleasers, are at 25- and 70-Across, the second of which is a skillful ribbing from the editor. The clue at 25-Across, [Who might tearfully wonder \u201cWere we just not meant to be \u2026?\u201d], solves to PENSIVE EX (as in, \u201cWere my tastes just too expensive?\u201d). And 70-Across got me: [\u201cNext time, try reading the clue!\u201d or \u201cStick to Sudoku!\u201d?] presents a couple of examples of a SOLVING DIS. 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