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It’s true! In general, if you want to use an egg, you have to crack it first. Speaking of cooking, “To use this you’ll need to get cracking” is a silly, fun clue for EGG. (Have I mentioned that I am unapologetically obsessed with New York Times Cooking and am not getting paid extra to say so?)ĩD.
My absolute favorite cookbook is “Salt Fat ACID Heat” by the brilliant Samin Nosrat, whose recipes are also featured in New York Times Cooking. Another wordplay clue here with “First world?” (note the question mark), referring not to so-called first world countries but to the biblical first world: the Garden of EDEN.ħD. “Social media-induced anxiety, for short” is FOMO, short for “fear of missing out,” that feeling you might experience if you see photos on social media of all of your friends hanging out without you.Ħ4A. When a clue has a non-English word in it, like “Reine” (French for “queen”) or “la Seine” (the French name of the Seine river), the entry will be in that same language - in this case, ROI (“king”) or ETE (“summer”).Ħ0A. We’ve got a double dose of French today with the clues “Reine’s husband” at 43A and “When to take a cruise on la Seine” at 5D. “Dynamic start?” is another instance of wordplay (indicated by the question mark) that refers not to a particularly explosive start but rather to a prefix that can lead in to the word “dynamic,” which is AERO, as in AEROdynamic.Ĥ3A./5D. In this case, however, the puff piece in question is an ECIG, short for e-cigarette, on which one might puff.ģ6A. The clue “Puff piece?” is a pun on the journalistic “puff piece,” which is a piece that provides overly favorable or complimentary coverage of a person or event. That’s quite the accomplishment for any constructor for a debut constructor, it is even more impressive! While you’re solving, see if you can guess which entries are making their first appearances today.
This puzzle, as our friends at XWord Info will tell you, features eight new entries that have never been in the Times crossword before, seven of which are eight letters or longer.
WEDNESDAY PUZZLE - Congratulations to Rose Conlon, who is making her New York Times Crossword debut today (the 15th debut of 2022).