# I Just Finished One of the Best NYT Crosswords I’ve Ever Seen! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [October 19, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092 "2025-10-19T08:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/21 "2025-10-21T03:33:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > What I found amusing was that I had more trouble filling in the left side than the right! I actually started on the right, which made it a bit awkward when I started inputting the left-side answers in backwards and they didn’t work with the crosses. > [@Chronos](#): > > When I click the link, I just get a thing asking me to sign in. Is this available to non-subscribers? No, probably not. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/22 "2025-10-27T14:53:37Z")
If you enjoyed that puzzle, you might like [this one.](https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2011/04/01) I was quite confused for awhile. Strange for a Friday puzzle. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/23 "2025-10-27T15:03:45Z")
Of course one of the most famous of the NYT crossword puzzles was the one from November 5, 1996, which was election day when Bill Clinton was running against Bob Dole. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/The_New_York_Times_crossword_Clinton-Bob_Dole_puzzle_1996.gif) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/The_New_York_Times_crossword_Clinton-Bob_Dole_puzzle_1996.gif) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/24 "2025-10-27T15:47:07Z")
Aaaaaandd, I’m an idiot. I just did the puzzle at random without looking at the date. There was another April 1st puzzle that gave me a laugh. Something along the lines of the clues being the answers. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/25 "2025-10-28T17:06:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > If you enjoyed that puzzle, you might like [this one.](https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2011/04/01) 2011, I see. I still have that one to look forward to.. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092/26 "2025-10-28T17:23:02Z")
Thanks. That was fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-one-of-the-best-nyt-crosswords-i-ve-ever-seen/1024092.md?page=1)