By Sam Gross
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Sunday crossword puzzle from West Side Rag, featuring all-local clues related to the Upper West Side.
Before you dive in, here are a few tips for solving:
- 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.
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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Hmmm. Not sure 16 across would be my first choice companion for 10 across. Maybe bacon?
I always like a little bit of raccoon on my bagel and cream cheese.
While I love these puzzles, please be more accurate with your singulars and plurals. Because you use the plural in the clue for 10 across, I kept putting an “s” at the end of the answer – which, of course, is wrong.
Hmm, but you’re not bothered by the 10 and 16 across combo? 🧐
You’re right, thanks for pointing this out. We updated the puzzle.
Thanks!
If the clue is plural the answer should be plural! See 10 across and 21 down.