In the May 5, 1994, puzzle the clue for 55-Down is given as "Paleozic, e.g." "schism," which does indeed imply a sort of split. Personalities. I suspect the erroneous relationship arises from the term Include, in any sense whatsoever, the idea of a split personality or multiple With a split personality, but the psychiatric diagnosis of that term simply does not In a 1990 puzzle the answer to the clue "Having a split personality" is givenĪs SCHIZOID. Now, I realize that the lay meaning of schizophrenia is that of a person > See Random House Unabridged, 2nd edition. It. The clue in the May 31, 1994, puzzle is "Confirmation slaps," and the This is another one where I don't know whether it's an error or I'm just not getting USSR. The problem, if it is one, is that the U.S.S.R. "Wiinged goddess." (See, I told you some of these errors are trivial.)īut in that same puzzle appears the clue "U.N. Goddess." Now Nike was indeed a winged goddess, but the clue actually read, The February 4, 1992, puzzle contains the answer NIKE to the clue "Winged in C.", as in "Commander inĬhief," which, of course, is a President.Ĭ. (My editing began in November 1993.) However, "C.I.N.C." I just plain don't get this relationship. The closest I canĬome is that PRES is an abbreviation for "president," but what The answer to 13-Down in the October 16, 1991, puzzle is PRES, and the clue is Or 1-D. As I understand it, that is two-dimensional which has exactly two dimensions,Į.g., a triangle or a quadrilateral or a circle.ī. "two-dimensional," and I'm pretty sure that which is linear is one-dimensional, Is LINEAR. No matter how I try to define the clue and the answer, I can't reconcile In the January 8, 1997, puzzle the clue for 47-Down is "2-D." The answer Most of these are extremely tiny - noticed by only one or two people - but a mistake's a mistake, so I do keep track.Ī. Thought I'd take a few minutes and answer some of your questions about errors and disputedīy my count, about 20 slips do get through each year. I've been enjoying your crossword website, which I discovered by accident this evening. Shortzĭoes not quote me in full, which makes a difference. Haven't already, you should first read the list of purportedĮrrors in New York Times crossword puzzles, because in some cases Mr. Received an unsolicited e-mail from Will Shortz, editor of the New York TimesĬrossword puzzle since 1993. Shortly after I published the crossword section of this Web site I
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