![]() As someone who has seen a lot of palindromes in my time, I thought it was nice to see some fresh ones and I can confirm for those who are curious that emus do, in fact, sail, but only on their days off. I worked the crossings on these as best I could, dropped the opposite letters in and was able to solve them. Arbesfeld presents us with four 15-letter palindromes, three of which are new to The New York Times Crossword. Just doing that will help you with the SW corner and you’ve gotten a good start on the 15 letter “TOO BAD I HID A BOOT.” Today’s Theme For example, if you know that the answers at 40- and 41D are BIO and SOT, and you have -OT as the last two letters of the theme entry at 47A, go ahead and put TO- in the first two squares. We think DALIS is the possible answer on this clue. This answers first letter of which starts with D and can be found at the end of S. The crossword clue possible answer is available in 5 letters. Here’s a solving strategy for this type of theme: Since the clues tell you that you’re working with palindromes, work from the outside toward the center of the puzzle. This crossword clue 'The Persistence of Memory' and 'Lobster Telephone' was discovered last seen in the Maat the New York Times Crossword. How are you supposed to guess the inner workings of a puzzle maker’s mind? Some may sound familiar while others are made up by the constructor, which makes solving a bit harder. Naturally, palindromes have an important place in crossword puzzles, and you will see them in both entries and clues. There is even an online magazine edited by the Symmys champion Mark Saltveit devoted solely to this pastime. ![]() One of the most well known palindromes is “Madam, I’m Adam,” and people who love to play with words have contests called the Symmys (yes, that’s a palindrome too what did you expect?) to see who can come up with the best one. THURSDAY’S PUZZLE - If you have never come across the term “palindrome,” it means something that is spelled the same reading from left to right as it is reading right to left.
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