12/17
SWORDFISH - HAMPER
D - M - E
P - - - - - O
F - - - - - I
W - - - - - H
A - R - S
SWORDFISH - HAMPER
D - M - E
P - - - - - O
F - - - - - I
W - - - - - H
A - R - S
MULIE - EXTRAVAGANT
…kind of got this one brute force, MULIE was not previously in my vocabulary.
X - N - R
G - - - - - A
U - - - - - M
T - - - - - I
E - L - V
Actually just figured out another option while messing around:
TRIUMVIRATE - EXULTING
Used MULTILINE instead of MULIE (which I’d never heard before)
Frolic-chutzpah
Almost the same, PROLIFIC was first word. Easy for me since I’m Jewish.
UNGRACIOUS - STADIUM
R - I - N
G - - - - - M
O - - - - - S
A - - - - - C
D - T - U
This one was pretty easy to find a lot of workable word options, so I suspect there is a better answer.
Dramatic-contiguous
GRADATIONS SUMAC
EXPEDIENT - TUMBLING
N - X - B
E - - - - - D
G - - - - - M
L - - - - - T
P - I - U
12/26
POLONIUM MADRICH (The latter is a Hebrew term for a counselor - we used the term on our high school Israel trip)
IMPACTOR - READABLE
L - A - M
P - - - - - E
B - - - - - T
O - - - - - D
C - R - I
Calmed-driveways
EXCLAIMED - DOUGH
U - L - X
M - - - - - D
H - - - - - G
O - - - - - A
I - E - C
Makes me think of Homer Simpson
1/8
MARVELED DIGESTIBLE
Also got their solution yesterday
Been a while since I solved one of these in two - but made pretty quick work of today’s puzzle.
FLOUTING - GRAPH
P - U - I
H - - - - - A
F - - - - - L
G - - - - - N
O - R - T
I got the same two words. NYT puzzles are too easy today. Snow days need harder puzzles!
Yep, easy one
No snow in NYC today…