# Gary Larson, cruciverbalist!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900 "2025-09-09T23:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/1 "2025-09-09T23:01:32Z")
I do the New York Times crossword puzzle on the [Seattle Times site](https://www.seattletimes.com/games-nytimes-crossword/), a few weeks behind the publication in the Times. The one for today (or a few weeks back originally) is credited to “Gary Larson and Amy Ensz / Will Shortz”. Well, Will Shortz is basically just a brand name any more; the other two names would be the actual creators. But is that the Gary Larson? Of the Far Side? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/2 "2025-09-09T23:05:38Z")
No: > **[Interview with Gary Larson](https://www.cruciverb.com/index.php?action=ezportal%3Bsa=page%3Bp=77)** > > Interview with Gary Larson > GL: I am not “that” Gary Larson. I remember when I first started working as a comedian, I got a fortune cookie that read, “Your name will be famous in the future.” I put that fortune in my wallet and saved it. A few years later, when my name got famous without me, I took it out and burned it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/3 "2025-09-09T23:12:27Z")
Also, FYI, the puzzle originally appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/4 "2025-09-09T23:15:53Z")
Hm, so a five-week delay, then. A bit longer than I thought, but no matter, it’s still a new puzzle every day for me. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/5 "2025-09-09T23:17:56Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > No Your link is broken for me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/6 "2025-09-09T23:20:36Z")
This might work: **[Interview with Gary Larson](https://www.cruciverb.com/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=77)**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/7 "2025-09-09T23:24:11Z")
Yeah, that’s it. The Discourse OneBox screwed up the semicolons somehow. Weirdly, the link preview still looks right. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/8 "2025-09-09T23:24:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But is that the Gary Larson? Of the Far Side? What’s a nine letter word for the spikes on the tail of a stegosaurus? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/9 "2025-09-09T23:26:28Z")
Poor Thag Simmons. At least he was immortalized. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/10 "2025-09-09T23:26:48Z")
It url-encoded them when it shouldn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900/11 "2025-09-09T23:30:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This might work Thanks for the fix! And now we know who Amy is. I’m not really one for crosswords so I know nothing about this topic, but that was a very wholesome read.