SUNDAY PUZZLE — Jim Peredo is a steady contributor with nine New York Times puzzles, but we haven’t seen a weekend grid from him since 2014. I know him only from the Grumpy Cat memorial puzzle, his most recent, but I find his style of cluing really distinctive and enjoyable. Tricky CluesI found this a pretty rich Sunday, and if you’re not good with names then I’d imagine it would be hard to get started. SAL, MIA, LEWIS, HAL, GENE, SNERD, ESAI, CASTRO and GUSTAV were all among the early entries I filled in. As far as SAM, I don’t know if Mr. Peredo means Samantha Bee or Sam Ezersky, since both work with the clue.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2020 21:33 UTC