![]() ![]() ![]() I was delighted to see PAD SEE EW (“Thai dish that translates as ‘fried with soy sauce’”), because it’s an excellent crossword entry in a debut (look at those three E’s in a row) and also because it’s delicious. battery capacity unit” refers to KWH, or kilowatt-hour. (Here’s an article from the perennial crossword favorite CNET to explain.)Ĥ0A. After some research, I learned that if a given device exceeds the DATA CAP imposed by a mobile or internet service provider, the provider can respond by “throttling” the device’s bandwidth, slowing down your service. I had no idea what the clue “Prelude to bandwidth throttling” meant, or why DATA CAP was the answer. HEAPED UP (“Like a laundry pile”) feels a little redundant - I think the only direction laundry piles can grow is UP - but I can attest that my own laundry pile is HEAPED so high that it warrants the added UP.Ģ3A. But first, let’s take a look at some of the tougher clues from today’s puzzle. Zoon uses this type of symmetry for thematic reasons - more on that below. Ninety-degree symmetry is much less common - according to XWord Info, there have been 129 puzzles with this kind of symmetry in the Will Shortz era. Most puzzles use 180-degree rotational symmetry, in which turning the grid upside down results in the same pattern. Zoon’s puzzle features 90-degree rotational symmetry, which means that rotating the empty crossword 90 degrees in either direction will result in an identical grid pattern. Observant solvers who are interested in grid design may have noticed that Mr. Zoon is a software engineer who used his coding skills to create not only this theme set, but also his own crossword construction software. WEDNESDAY PUZZLE - Congratulations to Ben Zoon, who is making his debut in the New York Times Crossword with today’s puzzle. ![]()
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