This New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle by Adam Wagner features six rectangular gray boxes arranged in a 2×6 grid pattern with arrows indicating clockwise or counterclockwise movement. Solvers must decipher six seemingly nonsensical clues that, when combined with adjacent entries and the puzzle's geometric system, reveal an elegant theme based on shape manipulation and letter arrangement.
Brian Callahan's first Saturday New York Times crossword features a pinwheel grid design with breezy wordplay and challenging trivia across culinary, sports, and linguistic references. The puzzle includes notable clues about shumai preparation, wasabi paste, kite features, regional dialect variations, and Tim Tebow's iconic tebowing pose.