I pulled out 1A Indian wedding garb: SARI because I don’t know that that’s specifically just for weddings. I feel like it’s not. I mean how could I contest Grant Boroughs and infallible editor Will Shortz with such a fashion question, right?
Theme!
17A Much of Roy Lichtenstein’s work?: DOTCOMICS. You know, because Roy Lichtenstein spent much of his time on the internet with his quasi-pointillism(?) art.
28A Euclid’s “Elements,” Descartes’s “La Géométrie,” etc.?: MATHCLASSICS. Because they’re classics, and it’s math. And MATH CLASS.
38A Wacky shenanigans of a woodworker?: CAPENTERANTICS. First of all, woodworking and carpentry are different. Those who read my weekly woodworking blog know that I’m not writing about putting up frames for houses; rather, I’m writing about finer projects. I don’t know why the NYT is insistent on exposing how unsophisticated the crossword writers are. Just help them out, you know? Or maybe Will Shortz is just slipping and can’t edit a puzzle worth a damn anymore. But, yeah, carpenter ants. Antics. Whatevz.
46A Frights upon waking up from sunbathing naps?: FRYINGPANICS. Ugh. I mean I get that it’s a panic because did I get sunburned? But also it’s not a panic because you did. Grab the aloe. Drink water. And frying pan. Meh.
64A Things that dad likes to discuss?: POPTOPICS. Lazy.
Finished this one in 8:51.
| Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
| Monday | 6:04 | 3:49 | 9:25 | 6:35 | 75 |
| Tuesday | 5:22 | 13:17 | 9:09 | 0 | |
| Wednesday | 8:51 | 7:38 | 17:04 | 11:32 | 16 |
| Thursday | 12:12 | 28:26 | 25:50 | 1 | |
| Friday | 16:23 | 32:42 | 21:02 | 15 | |
| Saturday | 20:12 | 33:02 | 28:35 | 15 | |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 54:15 | 47:43 | 2 |