By Sam Gross
Welcome to the third edition of the Sunday crossword puzzle from West Side Rag, featuring all-local clues related to the Upper West Side. We’ve also added a second local word game for this week.
Crossword Puzzle
- This puzzle is designed to be phone-friendly, but you’ll admittedly have more screen to work with if you play on a computer. The navigation bar above the puzzle also offers the option to Print it out if you’re more of a paper and pencil person.
- If you get stuck, the online version has an Assist button that will let you Reveal or Check a letter, word, or the entire grid. You can also Ask a friend by sending them an invite code and the link to the puzzle.
- All of the clues fit an Upper West Side theme, but crossword fans will notice this means a slightly sprawling grid and fewer intersections between words. We’ll continue working to craft the perfect puzzle that feels local to the neighborhood while offering the right amount of playability.
Wordrow
- You have six attempts to guess the five-letter UWS-themed word
- After each guess, the letters in your previous guess will change color based on their accuracy: green (right letter, right spot), yellow (right letter, wrong spot), gray (letter is not in the word)
We’d love your feedback. How’d you make out? Any ideas for future puzzle clues or feedback on how we did? Please let us know in the comments, and feel free to check out last week’s puzzle if you missed it.
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I misunderstood the color scheme – perhaps you should make it the same as the NYTimes Wordle?
I had less problem with the color scheme than I did with the bottom to top instead of top to bottom fill-ins.
I was overthinking the color scheme as well, so I just gave up and typed in one word and it was correct on the first try. I wouldn’t mind doing more of these…it’s a fun distraction. 😊
“UWS-themed word” turned out to be a very helpful hint
Got Wordrow in one guess?!? Time to buy a lottery ticket!
and pick up a baker’s dozen on the way!
They’re getting more difficult each week. Great! Re your new “Wordle” addition, can you make it go top to bottom like all the other Wordle-style puzzles?
I’ve had at least 3 puzzle books that do it bottom to top.