Saturday: A Talkative Themeless Crossword - 13 January 2024 New York Times Crossword

[@maxrush9393]

my first fully unassisted saturday solve

[@girlcow]

i found this to be pretty easy for a Saturday, it was my new personal record for one :)

[@chorl]

Me too

[@landerceuppens]

is there a way of seeing your best times per day?

[@chorl]

​@landerceuppens In the NYT app there is.

[@Bear-re5xm]

you activated my siri lol

[@gregsantiago6317]

The Guardians is the Major League Baseball team of Cleveland that in 2021 changed its name from the Indians.

[@davidmccosh8257]

Actually they became the Gaurdians in 2022.

[@gregsantiago6317]

They officially became the Guardians in November 2021 after the resolution of a naming dispute with the local roller derby team that had already been using the Cleveland Guardians name. But I understand the confusion since the team ended the 2021 season as the Indians and began the 2022 season as the Guardians.

[@rach6088]

i do a different daily crossword and the word ewer was an answer there. Ive never heard that word in my life and now all of a sudden ive seen it twice in one day that's oddly coincidental

[@landerceuppens]

baader Meinhof?

[@rach6088]

@@landerceuppens idk what that is

[@George4943]

How is "Trip before delivery" = BABYMOON? Is it a parallel to honeymoon? I've never heard of such. Have you?

[@BrianParente]

Yes, it’s definitely a recent phenomenon (though apparently the term was coined in 1996), but essentially a second small honeymoon for a couple in the months before a baby arrives. Basically seen as a last opportunity to get to travel for a while.

[@chorl]

I looked it up after I was done and discovered it is a thing