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The New York Times • • technology
Key Points:
- Adrian Johnson contributed a challenging and well-crafted themeless puzzle to The New York Times, noted for its clever wordplay and diverse trivia references.
- The puzzle featured debut entries such as MINI COOPER, referencing the car named after Formula 1 driver John Cooper, and included tricky clues like TREE POSE, a yoga position forming a right angle.
- Some challenging clues included ESS, representing the first letter in "seven," and NEMO, the Pixar character often misnamed due to Dory’s amnesia.
- The puzzle also referenced a notable tennis achievement called the SERENA SLAM, completed by Novak Djokovic in 2016 but named after Serena Williams, who achieved it twice.
- The upper left corner of the grid proved the most difficult area, requiring solvers to work from the bottom up to complete it.
