TUESDAY PUZZLE — This one made me chuckle, mostly because of a rule in The New York Times stylebook that says that all initials must be followed by a period . Not everyone writes that way, but we are asked to, and that’s O.K. Tricky Clues9A: This is Nicki MINAJ’s fourth appearance in The New York Times Crossword, and I predict you will keep seeing her here, so get to know her. You can’t really expect constructors to stay away from a perfectly good entry that ends tantalizingly in a J, can you? 39A: A play on the word “coats.” These are not the coats you wear, they are the ones that PAINTERS slather on a wall or on an easel.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2018 01:52 UTC