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is doing crossword puzzles prole or prestigious?

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Exciting beta hominid
  08/26/26
the nytime crossword is too hard right esp th eone with a th...
Splenetic Infuriating Old Irish Cottage
  08/26/26
the daily ones are designed to get progressively harder mond...
frum buck-toothed candlestick maker
  08/26/26
cr, except that weekday puzzles also have a theme except fri...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26
it's of above-average difficulty for a nyt puzzle.
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
it is designed in theory to be between wednesday and friday ...
Sienna people who are hurt
  08/26/26
how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
you must be one of the historically most irritating people o...
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26
IF you solve the theme
Aromatic newt
  08/26/26
even if you dont solve the theme, it's neutral. i do themes ...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
the theme may not be as simple as topically related answers....
Sienna people who are hurt
  08/26/26
youre going to argue an obvious point with DBG until you end...
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26
he made a good point and we've found middle ground.
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
fair enough. those kind of really tricky ones are relatively...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
both
Godawful faggot firefighter hairy legs
  08/26/26
Both.
Heady den genital piercing
  08/26/26
people mag: prole nyt/lat/etc: prestigious
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
(Will Shortz)
Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage
  08/26/26
will shortz is the classic boomer. gets the top xword job in...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
I'm sorry but do you have a degree in Enigmatology buddy?
Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage
  08/26/26
best choice of his life: He also earned a Juris Doctor de...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
Also, gets to be a (the?) "Puzzlemaster"
rebellious national
  08/26/26
I saw that. Pretty bad special effects even for a direct to...
Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage
  08/26/26
CR
rebellious national
  08/26/26
Prestigious. If you've ever tried to do a crossword puzzle w...
Razzle Carmine Affirmative Action Stead
  08/26/26
otoh, plenty of middling iq ppl do well on xwords bc they kn...
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
Both
Aromatic newt
  08/26/26
Writing a crossword with multiple potential answers that wor...
rebellious national
  08/26/26
is writing crosswords about xo prestigious or prole: https:/...
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26
rofl i dont remember that. original thread pls?
Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4053170&mc=...
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26
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Khaki dashing rigor patrolman
  08/26/26
i wrote a second one but idk where that is
Lake Church Building Dopamine
  08/26/26


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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: Exciting beta hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094128)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: Splenetic Infuriating Old Irish Cottage

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

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: frum buck-toothed candlestick maker

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094144)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:46 AM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094169)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

thursday is decidedly not of average difficulty

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

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

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: Sienna people who are hurt

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094203)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

how is a theme more difficult? it makes it easier

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:00 PM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

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

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: Aromatic newt

IF you solve the theme

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094389)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:55 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

even if you dont solve the theme, it's neutral. i do themes monday/tuesday puzzles w/o even thinking about the theme sometimes if im in a hurry. and dont realize the theme until after. there's no way the theme makes it worse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094537)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:26 PM
Author: Sienna people who are hurt

the theme may not be as simple as topically related answers. it may involve blank squares, ignored squares, squares that are meant to be read differently depending on orientation, numbers, etc., etc., all of which might make answers to a given clue non-obvious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094661)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

youre going to argue an obvious point with DBG until you end up shooting yourself. just walk away

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094724)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

he made a good point and we've found middle ground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094729)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

fair enough. those kind of really tricky ones are relatively rare though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094727)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Godawful faggot firefighter hairy legs

both

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Heady den genital piercing

Both.

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

people mag: prole

nyt/lat/etc: prestigious

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage

(Will Shortz)

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

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

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage

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

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:43 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094276)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:08 PM
Author: rebellious national

Also, gets to be a (the?) "Puzzlemaster"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094579)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:39 PM
Author: Stirring costumed hissy fit blood rage

I saw that. Pretty bad special effects even for a direct to VHS horror flick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094704)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:09 PM
Author: rebellious national

CR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094583)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: Razzle Carmine Affirmative Action Stead

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094211)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

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=2ГѓЖ’#50094283)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: Aromatic newt

Both

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



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: rebellious national

Writing a crossword with multiple potential answers that work well: Decadent or shrewd?

https://preview.redd.it/this-nyt-crossword-with-the-better-of-two-sci-fi-franchises-v0-r2xtov3vjng81.jpg?auto=webp&s=8b09593432edc36dd55a0824b31775a4fc97e6f0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094588)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:15 PM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

is writing crosswords about xo prestigious or prole: https://imgur.com/a/Cqesnm4

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094610)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman

rofl i dont remember that. original thread pls?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094673)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4053170&mc=21&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094705)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Khaki dashing rigor patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094722)



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Date: August 26th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: Lake Church Building Dopamine

i wrote a second one but idk where that is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5897447&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50094711)