It seems jampacked with challenges and interesting ideas, and there is also a conversational tone, somehow. I can’t put my finger on it, but this grid has a whiff of banter. Tricky CluesI moved quite slowly through great swaths of this puzzle, although as a whole the cluing was not too esoteric. Some very straightforward clues sneaked up on me, like the ones for PETE, SPAY, STEAM, COLOR and USCG. In addition we got a few great “J” words like JOSS, JETLAG, MOJO and so on.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2019 22:41 UTC