Puzzles

Heteronormative clues

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I regularly do the daily AARP and L.A. Times crossword puzzles and whenever I come across a clue like “Dad’s mate,” I always answer with DAD, which of course is wrong, but I enter it at least 3 times like I just can’t believe it’s not the right answer.

Other clues I do the same thing for:

The clue: Papa’s spouse
I answer: Papa | Papa | Papa

The clue: Mama’s companion
I answer: Mama | Mama | Mama

The clue: Father’s mate
I answer: Father | Father | Father

NYT puzzles

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Although I still do all 3 of these puzzles pretty much daily, I stopped posting my results. Just had a hankering to post today’s.

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Current NYT puzzles I’m doing—Connections & Wordle

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Connections

In June of 2023, the New York Times introduced a new game called “Connections.” I started playing it in July. Here’s how it works and how the July 9, 2023 puzzle worked out for me to give you a feel for how it works if you’re not familiar with it.

Here are the rules:

Here’s the puzzle ready to start:

Here’s my first guess grouping guess:

Here’s the confirmation that my first grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and my guess at a 2nd grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that my second grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and my guess at a 3rd grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that my third grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and choosing the only remaining items for the 4th grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that the remaining four were correct and what their “connection” is:

And here’s the image they provide to share on social media to let others know how you did without revealing the answers:

Wordle

I have been playing Wordle for a long, long time—since it debuted in October of 2021. Here’s how the July 9, 2023 puzzle worked out for me to give you a feel for how it works if you’re not familiar with it.

Here are the rules:

Here’s the puzzle ready to be started:

Here’s my 1st move on the July 9, 2023 puzzle:

Here’s my 2nd move on the July 9, 2023 puzzle:

Here’s my 3rd move on the July 9, 2023 puzzle:

Here’s my 4th move on the July 9, 2023 puzzle:

Here’s the image it gives you to share on social media without revealing the answer: