TUESDAY PUZZLE — Another fun one from Zhouqin Burnikel, and while we’ve seen this sort of theme before, I don’t remember if we’ve seen it the way she presents it. In nontheme news, while there is a bit of glue holding the grid together, I found it to be a smooth and fun solve. Also, congratulations to actress Uma THURMAN, for putting the THURMAN back in the puzzle. Before this puzzle, THURMAN had not been seen in The New York Times Crossword for more than 40 years, and it had only been clued to baseball player THURMAN Munson (Hi, kids!) One day, maybe in a late-week puzzle, I hope to see the actress’s father in the puzzle, Robert THURMAN, the linguist and Buddhist author.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2019 01:52 UTC