Not all of them hit that strongly, but I have to admire the sheer audacity of the concept. I appreciated this one more with each time I re-read the themers. Shortz’s home office in Westchester, N.Y.
I could have done with a couple more bonuses besides PIRATES BOOTY, MAKING A STINK, TRAP DOOR, and a few less ADM ELKE ESE SRTA STS, but all in all, it's a reasonable set of grid trade-offs for a 21x21 puzzle. Our crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, left, and our digital puzzles editor, Joel Fagliano, reviewing a submission at Mr. I thought I wouldn't enjoy it after my eyes went unfocused, trying to make sense of SSIINNEEDDOO, but I'm going to remember this one. Some of the theme entries are awkward, like who would ever say QUEEN NOOR ROOMMATES or DOES SAAB BOOKKEEPING, but kookiness is the name of the game with a theme like this. I can barely look at those twelve letters without thinking I finally need reading glasses. Double that to six pairs, and you get crazy strings like SSAABBOOKKEE. Peter Gordon is the Executive Editor for Sterling Publishing, overseeing the puzzle and game books, and was the crossword editor of The New York Sun.His crosswords have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, and numerous puzzle magazines, including Games, where he was an editor for seven years. Peter Gordon is the Executive Editor for Sterling Publishing, overseeing the puzzle and game books, and was the crossword editor of The New York Sun. Talk about daring! I worked on a puzzle with three adjacent pairs of doubles, and that was hard enough.
Any else take off their glasses and call their optometrist while solving this puzzle?
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