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Greystone Kids
Inside in: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten, illus. by Arie Van ‘t Riet, trans. by Laura Watkinson (Oct. 12, $19.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-679-6), provides a look at creatures and their natural habitats using x-ray techniques and photographs. Ages 2–7.
How Beautiful by Antonella Capetti, illus. by Melissa Castrillon (Nov. 2, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-853-0). A curious caterpillar searches for the true meaning of the word
beautiful. Ages 4–8.
Little Narwhal, Not Alone by Tiffany Stone, illus. by Ashlyn Anstee (Oct. 12, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-620-8). In a tale inspired by real events, a lost narwhal in search of other narwhals finds a pod of beluga whales instead. Ages 4–8.
The
New Yorker published its first issue in 1925, amid what the writer Adrienne Raphel has described as a nationwide “crossword craze.” But more than seventy years passed before the magazine introduced a crossword puzzle a British-style cryptic crossword, which was gone before the twenty-first century arrived.
Two decades later, the Puzzles & Games Dept. was born online. On the fewoccasions when these newcrosswords ran in print, the response was warm. “It is a special treat to be able to use a pen,” Barbara, from Colorado, wrote in to tell us; “I really enjoy the hard copy version,” Lauryl, from Massachusetts, enthused. Frostier were the letters when the puzzle didn’t return: “Why is there no crossword puzzle in the print magazine?? I’m very disappointed,” wrote Carla, from (where else?) New York.
Classic Party Game
Ella Dershowitz makes her New York Times Crossword debut, ably abetted by Aimee Lucido. BYOB.
An 1886 sketch of an Irish Halloween celebration, which included the party game of “bobbing for apples.”Credit.Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
Jan. 13, 2021
THURSDAY PUZZLE If, like me, you are the sort of person who likes to hedge your bets, then you probably like to know when more than one answer is allowed in a puzzle.
The whole “more than one answer” thing is anathema to some solvers anyway, because they resolutely believe that each answer, nay, each square, should have one and only one solution. It’s comforting, and I totally understand that feeling.