Today’s ThemePerhaps you’re already a fan of the sport in question, as the title of today’s puzzle, “To the Point,” refers to points that you vie for in a sports competition. If you are, then hopefully you had as much fun solving this puzzle as these guys do at their jobs. If you’re not, then you might feel more like this overwhelmed fellow, trying to field an onslaught of incomprehensible clues. As an example, let’s take 23A, “Follower of deuce.” If you don’t know tennis, there’s a wide world of possibility here. Either player must win a game by two points; whichever player gets that first point is said to have ADVANTAGE, as they’re one point away from winning.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2018 21:56 UTC