Where Spiders Get Their Information
Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman are out to confuse us.
A spider’s web in 2015 in Godewaersvelde, France.Credit.PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP via Getty Images
Dec. 20, 2020
MONDAY PUZZLE We open our solving week with a collaboration between Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman, both veteran puzzle makers. They have worked together before, on at least two puzzles that ran in The New York Times.
It’s a solid crossword, even though there is not a lot that’s new here. I also have a feeling that if younger solvers try this one, they might run into more trouble than is normal on a Monday puzzle. More on that in the Tricky Clues section.