The October Maltby is now online!!!
Good Luck and Enjoy!
Personal Side Note:
The first cryptic that Sondheim did for New York Magazine (April 1968) was a "Theme and Variations" puzzle. I know this because I started working my way through the Stephen Sondheim's Crossword Puzzles book in order this weekend, and just finished that puzzle.
Harper’s October ‘23 “Theme and Variations”
- CromsFury
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Harper’s October ‘23 “Theme and Variations”
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo. - Virgil
Quand on lit trop vite où trop doucement, on n'entend rien. - Pascal
Quand on lit trop vite où trop doucement, on n'entend rien. - Pascal
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Ohmigosh, thanks for the links to the Sondheim puzzles. I've happened upon several over the years, but this is the mother lode. The new Maltby helped me pass a Monday morning, but these will occupy more than a month of Mondays!
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This one seemed more straightforward and better clued than most Maltby puzzles. LOL, maybe I am just getting used to them. Thanks to Tom for forwarding this along.
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Yes, relatively speaking, for a Maltby, I whipped through this one.
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Yes, for me, this was one of the quickest solves of a Maltby. The last fill was 26A. With the four crossing downs in place, I then determined the two letters that gave a solution that works with the word play.
However, I don’t know how it works as a definition.
Did others have a similar experience. Did you work it out as a definition?
However, I don’t know how it works as a definition.
Did others have a similar experience. Did you work it out as a definition?
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Nino wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:31 am Yes, for me, this was one of the quickest solves of a Maltby. The last fill was 26A. With the four crossing downs in place, I then determined the two letters that gave a solution that works with the word play.
However, I don’t know how it works as a definition.
Did others have a similar experience. Did you work it out as a definition?
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Thank you very much
(And thank you for placing it under the Spoiler link.)
As it turns out, I had guessed right as to which word was being defined, but I had not consulted that particular online site (which did a much more robust job with that word than the other major online dictionary/thesaurus, which I had checked.)
Thankfully, I can put this puzzle aside now, without having it on my mind until the solution is published weeks from now.
(And thank you for placing it under the Spoiler link.)
As it turns out, I had guessed right as to which word was being defined, but I had not consulted that particular online site (which did a much more robust job with that word than the other major online dictionary/thesaurus, which I had checked.)
Thankfully, I can put this puzzle aside now, without having it on my mind until the solution is published weeks from now.