WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — The weekend columnist Caitlin Lovinger and I work in multiple time zones when it comes to writing Wordplay. We get the crossword puzzles ahead of time so that we can balance column writing with other tasks, and the puzzle and column both appear online the night before their actual publication dates. That can make it tricky to write the column as if we are solving on the same day you are. For example, I am writing this on the morning of New Year’s Eve at my home in New Jersey. I’m becoming a big fan of Ms. Iverson’s crosswords — this will be her third for The New York Times — and I look forward to seeing more from her.

Source: New York Times January 01, 2020 03:00 UTC