Rachel just admitted on the air that she composed tomorrow’s NYT crossword.
I am a crossword junkie, and a Rachel Maddow junkie.
The NYT Friday and Saturday x-words are the hardest in the US papers, and are the only real challenge once you’re pretty good at it.
I cut the puzzles out and tape them to a piece of cardboard, fill them in with a Sharpie. I do them in my head before filing them in.
Can’t wait.
BTW, here is one from the NYT a few years ago in which MY OWN NAME turned up in the solution.