#nytxw — Public Fediverse posts

Back on June 19th I learned about SHOWER BEER — new to me, but https://www.reddit.com/r/showerbeer/ (NSFW ofc) has been around since 2011 so I'm just way behind. But then Dinosaur Comics mentioned shower beer on June 26, so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that particular #nytxw #til.

Back on June 19th I learned about SHOWER BEER — new to me, but https://www.reddit.com/r/showerbeer/ (NSFW ofc) has been around since 2011 so I'm just way behind. But then Dinosaur Comics mentioned shower beer on June 26, so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that particular #nytxw #til.

Back on June 19th I learned about SHOWER BEER — new to me, but https://www.reddit.com/r/showerbeer/ (NSFW ofc) has been around since 2011 so I'm just way behind. But then Dinosaur Comics mentioned shower beer on June 26, so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that particular #nytxw #til.

Back on June 19th I learned about SHOWER BEER — new to me, but https://www.reddit.com/r/showerbeer/ (NSFW ofc) has been around since 2011 so I'm just way behind. But then Dinosaur Comics mentioned shower beer on June 26, so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that particular #nytxw #til.

Back on June 19th I learned about SHOWER BEER — new to me, but https://www.reddit.com/r/showerbeer/ (NSFW ofc) has been around since 2011 so I'm just way behind. But then Dinosaur Comics mentioned shower beer on June 26, so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that particular #nytxw #til.

Fastest solve time ever for a #nytxw. (A Monday, obvs, but still: this is mostly as fast as I can type them in.)

Fastest solve time ever for a #nytxw. (A Monday, obvs, but still: this is mostly as fast as I can type them in.)

Fastest solve time ever for a #nytxw. (A Monday, obvs, but still: this is mostly as fast as I can type them in.)

Fastest solve time ever for a #nytxw. (A Monday, obvs, but still: this is mostly as fast as I can type them in.)

Fastest solve time ever for a #nytxw. (A Monday, obvs, but still: this is mostly as fast as I can type them in.)

#NYTXW 14 Sep - 17:44. Once I cracked the theme, it was off to the races. High concept, resulting in some phrases that aren't really phrases? 57A was cheeky, nothing to do with Birkenhead or Lancashire. Thankfully 95A wasn't clued as the Nazi. Waking up alone has me in the mood for 105D.

#NYTXW 14 Sep - 17:44. Once I cracked the theme, it was off to the races. High concept, resulting in some phrases that aren't really phrases? 57A was cheeky, nothing to do with Birkenhead or Lancashire. Thankfully 95A wasn't clued as the Nazi. Waking up alone has me in the mood for 105D.

#NYTXW 14 Sep - 17:44. Once I cracked the theme, it was off to the races. High concept, resulting in some phrases that aren't really phrases? 57A was cheeky, nothing to do with Birkenhead or Lancashire. Thankfully 95A wasn't clued as the Nazi. Waking up alone has me in the mood for 105D.

Congrats to @ffrf.org’s Maddy Ziegler on her #NYTXW debut! (It’s an excellent puzzle, too!)

#NYTXW 24 August - 15:07, 30 seconds longer than my Sunday record. Absolutely no resistance and a feeling of "oh, that's it?" once I got the theme. 25A has me hungry, 104A likely the most clever clue.

#NYTXW 25:42. Cute theme, particularly enjoyed 23A and 53A. 76A is just nonsense letters and can get in the bin. I'm sure Rex will have things to say.

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
#nytxw

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
#nytxw

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
#nytxw

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
#nytxw

I would just like to say that Katie Hoody's NYTimes crossword puzzle today has an absolutely beautiful grid. Nice puzzle too! But just look at that in black and white.
#nytxw

#NYTXW Way too many natick opportunities for a Monday, but that's the least important complaint about the New York Times these days. Until everyone culpable resigns or a Charlie Hebdo act of heroism returns the newspaper to a reputable periodical that's more committed to journalism than competing with Nazis (I'm not picky about which),, I will no longer be publishing my thoughts on their puzzles. Today's solve music was Daniel Dlugosielski's 'Gargled Acceptance' (Moon Myst, 2017).

#NYTXW Way too many natick opportunities for a Monday, but that's the least important complaint about the New York Times these days. Until everyone culpable resigns or a Charlie Hebdo act of heroism returns the newspaper to a reputable periodical that's more committed to journalism than competing with Nazis (I'm not picky about which),, I will no longer be publishing my thoughts on their puzzles. Today's solve music was Daniel Dlugosielski's 'Gargled Acceptance' (Moon Myst, 2017).

#NYTXW Way too many natick opportunities for a Monday, but that's the least important complaint about the New York Times these days. Until everyone culpable resigns or a Charlie Hebdo act of heroism returns the newspaper to a reputable periodical that's more committed to journalism than competing with Nazis (I'm not picky about which),, I will no longer be publishing my thoughts on their puzzles. Today's solve music was Daniel Dlugosielski's 'Gargled Acceptance' (Moon Myst, 2017).

#NYTXW Imagine spending your 15th wedding anniversary constructing this instead of fucking. Today's solve music was Ovid's 'Fundamentals' (Amphibient, 2025).

#NYTXW Imagine spending your 15th wedding anniversary constructing this instead of fucking. Today's solve music was Ovid's 'Fundamentals' (Amphibient, 2025).

#NYTXW Imagine spending your 15th wedding anniversary constructing this instead of fucking. Today's solve music was Ovid's 'Fundamentals' (Amphibient, 2025).

#NYTXW Decent balance of difficulty and breeziness but not much parity of tone. Today's solve music was Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński's 'Barycz' (Dolnośląska Fundacja Ekorozwoju, 2004).

#NYTXW Decent balance of difficulty and breeziness but not much parity of tone. Today's solve music was Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński's 'Barycz' (Dolnośląska Fundacja Ekorozwoju, 2004).

#NYTXW Decent balance of difficulty and breeziness but not much parity of tone. Today's solve music was Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński's 'Barycz' (Dolnośląska Fundacja Ekorozwoju, 2004).

#NYTXW I had a harder time than usual untangling some of this shit and I could blame the cluing but half of it is probably on me, too. Today's solve music was The Red Scare's 'Capillary Lockdown' (Hand Held Heart, 1999).

#NYTXW I had a harder time than usual untangling some of this shit and I could blame the cluing but half of it is probably on me, too. Today's solve music was The Red Scare's 'Capillary Lockdown' (Hand Held Heart, 1999).

#NYTXW I had a harder time than usual untangling some of this shit and I could blame the cluing but half of it is probably on me, too. Today's solve music was The Red Scare's 'Capillary Lockdown' (Hand Held Heart, 1999).

#NYTXW I appreciate that the gimmick behaved consistently and don't have any major complaints that aren't owed to my own fault with some clues not clicking for me as far as I'd prefer. Today's solve music was Lambsbread's 'Oral Stallion' (Maim & Disfigure, 2006).

#NYTXW I appreciate that the gimmick behaved consistently and don't have any major complaints that aren't owed to my own fault with some clues not clicking for me as far as I'd prefer. Today's solve music was Lambsbread's 'Oral Stallion' (Maim & Disfigure, 2006).

#NYTXW I appreciate that the gimmick behaved consistently and don't have any major complaints that aren't owed to my own fault with some clues not clicking for me as far as I'd prefer. Today's solve music was Lambsbread's 'Oral Stallion' (Maim & Disfigure, 2006).

#NYTXW Almost some AVCX energy on this one. Today's solve music was Merzbow's 'Sedonis' (Signal Noise, 2025).

#NYTXW Almost some AVCX energy on this one. Today's solve music was Merzbow's 'Sedonis' (Signal Noise, 2025).

#NYTXW Almost some AVCX energy on this one. Today's solve music was Merzbow's 'Sedonis' (Signal Noise, 2025).

#NYTXW I don't have much to complain about as far as the grid goes, but the clues that I'm at odds with today weren't even bad clues: they just really punched above the weight of a Monday. You have to treat every Monday like it's potentially someone's first puzzle because that's always going to be true for at least one person. Anything less becomes inadvertent and unnecessary gatekeeping. Today's solve music was Spyke Morph's 'Strangled Pairs' (American Tapes, 2008).

#NYTXW I don't have much to complain about as far as the grid goes, but the clues that I'm at odds with today weren't even bad clues: they just really punched above the weight of a Monday. You have to treat every Monday like it's potentially someone's first puzzle because that's always going to be true for at least one person. Anything less becomes inadvertent and unnecessary gatekeeping. Today's solve music was Spyke Morph's 'Strangled Pairs' (American Tapes, 2008).

#NYTXW I don't have much to complain about as far as the grid goes, but the clues that I'm at odds with today weren't even bad clues: they just really punched above the weight of a Monday. You have to treat every Monday like it's potentially someone's first puzzle because that's always going to be true for at least one person. Anything less becomes inadvertent and unnecessary gatekeeping. Today's solve music was Spyke Morph's 'Strangled Pairs' (American Tapes, 2008).

#NYTXW Some of the clues here just didn't hold water for me but otherwise, fine. Today's solve music was Landstander's 'A Place To Die' (Green, 2012).

#NYTXW Some of the clues here just didn't hold water for me but otherwise, fine. Today's solve music was Landstander's 'A Place To Die' (Green, 2012).

#NYTXW Some of the clues here just didn't hold water for me but otherwise, fine. Today's solve music was Landstander's 'A Place To Die' (Green, 2012).

#NYTXW Clever theme executed well without needing the surrounding puzzle to be a mess of bad fill to function. Today's solve music was Nathan Salsburg's 'Ipsa Corpora' (No Quarter, 2025).

#NYTXW Clever theme executed well without needing the surrounding puzzle to be a mess of bad fill to function. Today's solve music was Nathan Salsburg's 'Ipsa Corpora' (No Quarter, 2025).

#NYTXW Clever theme executed well without needing the surrounding puzzle to be a mess of bad fill to function. Today's solve music was Nathan Salsburg's 'Ipsa Corpora' (No Quarter, 2025).

#NYTXW I liked this grid on the whole. Would have amended a couple of clues, but otherwise no real complaints to speak of. Today's solve music was Sick Buildings' 'Sever, Defer, Withdraw' (Morbid, 2009).