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I intended to print this one, but the PDF wouldn't download, so I tried it online. I'm not wild about acrostics in print -- all that double entering, with me making many mistakes. I do them, but sometimes reluctantly. This is the first time I've tried an acrostic online, with the single entering and other helpful features. Fun! And I completed it in just over 16 minutes, which has to be an acrostic record for me.

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:14 pm I intended to print this one, but the PDF wouldn't download, so I tried it online. I'm not wild about acrostics in print -- all that double entering, with me making many mistakes. I do them, but sometimes reluctantly. This is the first time I've tried an acrostic online, with the single entering and other helpful features. Fun! And I completed it in just over 16 minutes, which has to be an acrostic record for me.

I’ve NEVER done an acrostic in 16 minutes. Way to go!

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:14 pm I intended to print this one, but the PDF wouldn't download, so I tried it online. I'm not wild about acrostics in print -- all that double entering, with me making many mistakes. I do them, but sometimes reluctantly. This is the first time I've tried an acrostic online, with the single entering and other helpful features. Fun! And I completed it in just over 16 minutes, which has to be an acrostic record for me.

16 minutes! I could hardly even have typed it that fast with the answers all given to me.

Solving this puzzle without Google helped make up for failing at this week’s meta. I only had L, O, Q, and S after the first run through the clues so it was not promising, but my possible answer for B appeared to fit and I tried an answer for T that I knew used a stage name. That answer really helped, and then the answer to F provided the next key step to eventually fill in the rest.

I like other variety puzzles better but am gradually warming up to acrostics.

Meg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:21 pm

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:14 pm I intended to print this one, but the PDF wouldn't download, so I tried it online. I'm not wild about acrostics in print -- all that double entering, with me making many mistakes. I do them, but sometimes reluctantly. This is the first time I've tried an acrostic online, with the single entering and other helpful features. Fun! And I completed it in just over 16 minutes, which has to be an acrostic record for me.

I’ve NEVER done an acrostic in 16 minutes. Way to go!

I'll be the first to say, I had NEVER solved an acrostic -- WSJ, NYT, or otherwise -- in 16 minutes before. My guess is that it was just one of those things. Unusually, I knew quite a few of the answers Mike S. was looking for, and my guesses here and there mostly proved correct. Kinda like what this guy did -- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... s-baseball -- but I swear I was NOT on acid!

The recent string of WSJ acrostics have been really impressive. Really enjoy doing them online (as opposed to in print).

Thanks for posting this; I did not know they had acrostics in the WSJ until just now...I do them bi-weekly with my NYT crossword subscription. 16 minutes is an excellent time; I think there was one in the NYT a year or 2 back that was all Chuck Berry themed that I got in about 10 but those are special cases...