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Jeff Tweedy Wrote a New York Times Crossword Puzzle

Pitchfork·Walden Green·26 days ago
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Tweedy’s cruciverbalist debut pays homage to Lou Reed and several other CBGB icons Getty Images Wilco frontman and noted crossword aficionado Jeff ______ (6 letters; like a popular suiting fabric) has written the New York Times ’ monthly bonus crossword for May. The grid’s theme is “My Life Was Saved by Rock ’N’ Roll,” with answers that reference songs by both Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground , as well as several other CBGB icons. Tweedy even snuck in a callback to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with a clue about the NATO alphabet (a Times crossword staple). If you have a New York Times Games subscription, you can play Tweedy’s puzzle here . “I’m a pretty massive crossword puzzle nut, and I have been for a very very long time,” Tweedy wrote in a post on his Substack newsletter, Starship Casual . “As an addict, you have to remind yourself that you’re still an addict, even when you’re aren’t doing things that are terrible for you.…

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