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Fratty McFratterson
  08/26/26
the nytime crossword is too hard right esp th eone with a th...
VoteRepublican
  08/26/26
the daily ones are designed to get progressively harder mond...
Israeli-American professor of Holocaust and genoci
  08/26/26
cr, except that weekday puzzles also have a theme except fri...
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  08/26/26
thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty
Debunked antisemitic trope
  08/26/26
it's of above-average difficulty for a nyt puzzle.
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  08/26/26
it is designed in theory to be between wednesday and friday ...
snake coke
  08/26/26
how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier
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  08/26/26
you must be one of the historically most irritating people o...
Debunked antisemitic trope
  08/26/26
IF you solve the theme
a New York Times analysis of Reddit posts
  08/26/26
both
gedood persoon
  08/26/26
Both.
Richard Ames
  08/26/26
people mag: prole nyt/lat/etc: prestigious
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  08/26/26
(Will Shortz)
animeboi
  08/26/26
will shortz is the classic boomer. gets the top xword job in...
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  08/26/26
I'm sorry but do you have a degree in Enigmatology buddy?
animeboi
  08/26/26
best choice of his life: He also earned a Juris Doctor de...
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  08/26/26
Prestigious. If you've ever tried to do a crossword puzzle w...
Founder
  08/26/26
otoh, plenty of middling iq ppl do well on xwords bc they kn...
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  08/26/26
Both
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  08/26/26


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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: Fratty McFratterson



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: VoteRepublican (A true Chad!! where's your gf/wifew?)

the nytime crossword is too hard right esp th eone with a theme?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094132)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Israeli-American professor of Holocaust and genoci

the daily ones are designed to get progressively harder monday-saturday. although it's bigger and usually has a theme, sunday's is designed to be of only average difficulty, like wednesday/thursday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094144)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:46 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


cr, except that weekday puzzles also have a theme except fri-sat; it's not just sunday that has a theme.

NOT having a theme makes it harder. that's why fri-sat is much harder than sunday. a theme allowed you to rely on the theme to figure out a lot of the long words. without a theme, you have no way of getting long words.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094169)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Debunked antisemitic trope

thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094182)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


it's of above-average difficulty for a nyt puzzle.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094192)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: snake coke

it is designed in theory to be between wednesday and friday in terms of difficulty. the prevalence of themed puzzles on thursdays often results in higher reported difficulties, however.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094203)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094287)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:00 PM
Author: Debunked antisemitic trope

you must be one of the historically most irritating people on xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094321)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: a New York Times analysis of Reddit posts

IF you solve the theme

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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: gedood persoon

both

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094146)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Richard Ames

Both.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094148)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


people mag: prole

nyt/lat/etc: prestigious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094167)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

(Will Shortz)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094170)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


will shortz is the classic boomer. gets the top xword job in thw world at age 41 and keeps it for 40 yrs and counting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094194)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

I'm sorry but do you have a degree in Enigmatology buddy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094196)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:43 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


best choice of his life:

He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977), but did not sit for the bar exam, opting for a career in puzzles instead.[11]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094276)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: Founder

Prestigious. If you've ever tried to do a crossword puzzle with someone who is not intelligent, they cannot get even a single answer. It's pretty funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094211)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


otoh, plenty of middling iq ppl do well on xwords bc they know obscure boomer pop culture references that boomer constructors like...or they have done enough xwords that they know the usual fill

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094283)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: a New York Times analysis of Reddit posts

Both

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2).#50094386)