TUESDAY PUZZLE — Welcome back to Trip Payne, who is celebrating his first New York Times Crossword puzzle in nearly seven years! This puzzle brought to mind my favorite urban staple: the bodega (and, more specifically, the bodega cat). In honor of bodega cats, I will be writing the remainder of this column with the bodega cat perspective in mind. Tricky Clues (or, just for today, clues that a bodega cat would have feelings about)1A. “Kit ___ bar” is not a tricky clue, but it is a clue that a bodega cat would particularly be pleased with, because it’s about both a candy bar and a KAT.

Source: New York Times August 03, 2021 01:52 UTC