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The New York Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- Hannah Slovut-Einertson, known for her themed puzzles, has created a themeless Saturday puzzle for The Times that features some coincidental but pleasingly paired entries.
- The puzzle was described as smooth to solve, with straightforward trivia clues aiding momentum despite some challenging wordplay.
- Notable tricky clues included 1A/9D, where "BAD APPLES" and "SEED MONEY" formed a word-association pair, and 22A, where "MULLET" was clued with a rare gender-specific reference.
- The puzzle introduced a new entry, PARENTESE, describing an exaggerated speaking style linked to language development, marking its Times debut.
- Other challenging clues involved phrases like
