With Trenton Charlson in the spotlight, the crowd roars.
The luchador Lil Chicken indulging in some fancy footwork in Los Angeles as part of a performance celebrating Mexican culture on May 5, 2009. Credit.David McNew/Getty Images
July 9, 2021
SATURDAY PUZZLE Is it Christmas in July? Trenton Charlson has come down the chimney with his 30th puzzle for The New York Times, and Caitlin Lovinger is taking a well-deserved weekend off, so my stocking is overflowing. I have the distinct privilege of bashing my brain repeatedly against Mr. Charlson’s devilish clues and then writing about the experience.
To add another dimension to the fun, this puzzle, which packs six 15-letter stacks, introduces four phrases heretofore unseen in Times crosswords.
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Grab the Scrabble set! Trenton Charlson is here with a high-scoring Saturday puzzle.
Asiya Wadud, a poet, tasted a loquat in Oakland, Calif., in 2009.Credit.Noah Berger for The New York Times
Jan. 8, 2021
SATURDAY PUZZLE I enjoy Trenton Charlson’s style so much. I feel like someone on “Wheel of Fortune” picking “J,” “Q” and “Z,” knowing that the strangest letters are the most certain to make an appearance; at the same time, I’m always delighted by how light and artifice-free his constructions are. He manages to lay on the zhuzh without resorting to words like zhuzh.