Ekua Ewool author page
1 puzzle by Ekua Ewool
with Jeff Chen comments
See the 6 answer words debuted by Ekua Ewool.
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★ When a friend first spurred me on to pick up crosswords more than a decade ago, I was skeptical. Part of it was the perception that crosswords were for old people, but the majority was the fear that I was too dumb to finish one. But hell to the yeah, I crushed that Monday; I'VE GOT THIS!
Oh. They get harder as you go?
When I tried my first Tuesday, WISH ME LUCK was running through my head. I eventually managed to finish. But my first Wednesday, I'D LIKE SOME HINTS was my overwhelming sentiment.
(Replacing SOME with ALL THE would be more accurate.)
On Thursdays they run trick plays? WHAT IN the HELLz, Shortz?!
And Fridays were impenetrable. I looked at one as a lark and couldn't fill in a single square. Stop — GOOGLE TIME!
What an absolute delight to have this wonderful set of memories played back for me, nearly word for word. So many people seem to have "be able to regularly complete the NYT crossword" on their bucket list, and Ekua captured that spirit with playfulness. It's so meta!
Solid gridwork, too, especially for a debut. She could have stuck to a single set of long Down bonuses, but working HONDURAN / INNOCENT and DO THE DEW! / LAVA CAKE help the solve erupt with flavor. Keeping the gluey bits to things that Wednesday solvers tend to gloss over anyway — INT, NES, REI — shows the wisdom of an experienced constructor.
One of the most memorable debuts in years. I can't wait to see what Ekua does next.