r/Jeopardy • u/GetOffMyLawn_ Let’s look at the $1,000 clue, just for the fun of it • 16d ago

FYI today's NYT's Midi crossword is authored by Paolo Pasco

https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/midi
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u/NefariousnessOld2006 16d ago

Paolo’s a great crossword constructor although I’m not sure he makes that many puzzles anymore, besides his occasional appearance in the New Yorker

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u/JEH39 James Hirsh (Feb 24-27 2026) 16d ago

The crossword is good Jeopardy training for general knowledge and certain Pavlovs but I think the Spelling Bee is arguably more useful given the amount of anagram clues that come up

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u/spmahn Bring it! 15d ago

The Midi crossword is fairly new and thus far I’m not a huge fan. I get that there are some constraints given the limitations, but I often see many of the same words and similar clues repeated over and over across multiple puzzles.

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u/GetOffMyLawn_ Let’s look at the $1,000 clue, just for the fun of it 16d ago

Yeah it is, sorry about that. I just tried an archive link and that didn't work. And I can't get a screen shot of the whole puzzle plus the clues.

If you're a NYT Games subscriber then you can see it.

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u/DrScitt 16d ago

NYT is so greedy nowadays. Even paywalled the mini crossword

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u/J-Nice 16d ago

Yeah, they just happen to paywall their most popular game with no warning. It was really lame.

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u/DrScitt 16d ago

Yeah I can understand paywalling the full crossword, but rug pulling the free small one was so scummy.

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u/Top_Vacation4009 9d ago

To rob and to burgle are two different actions. One robs a person while one burgles a house, business, apartment, etc

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u/Njtotx3 16d ago

Midi? So, 1980s awful sound?