MONDAY PUZZLE — We open our solving week with a collaboration between Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman, both veteran puzzle makers. They have worked together before, on at least two puzzles that ran in The New York Times. I also have a feeling that if younger solvers try this one, they might run into more trouble than is normal on a Monday puzzle. In this puzzle, the entry GOBBLEDYGOOK, might kick up similar feelings, but the word itself is not etymologically related to the slur in any way. It was coined in the 1940s by the Texas politician Maury Maverick, who was not a big fan of jargon.

Source: New York Times December 20, 2020 23:00 UTC