Did ANYONE get the theme??? 😂 Come In, Take a Sip, & WINE DOWN on the NYT Thursday Grid! 🍷

New York Times Crossword for 16 May 2024: Let’s Wine Down!
And a shout out to my old friend Brandon who coincidentally named his boat "Wine Down" and, by extension, has made me feel like I also need a boat with the same name!
Today's grid was a little challenging, but until Rex Parker posts something on today's puzzle, It seems I will remain clueless as to the theme! 😂
Welcome! Let's do the xword together!
Cin-Cin!
christopher
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ASMR? Can it make you witty? Clever? Let's find out and WINE DOWN with the NYT Crossword! 🍷
My name is Christopher, and I love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. I have been doing it daily for over 30 years, and while I am certainly no Rex Parker, I love finishing them every day for that little dose of accomplishment. But then again, I also make my bed every day. So there’s always that, too.
But maybe you want to become a better crossword solver. Maybe you're a master solver and simply want to lord over simple minds such as mine. Either way, this is simply an opportunity to share the way I go about solving the New York Times Crossword Puzzle Sunday thru Saturday each week. Use these videos as background noise if you wish, or leave a comment after scrutinizing my logic. Completely up to you. But I really enjoy doing the NYTX, and if you do, too, let's do the daily puzzle together. Cin-Cin! 🍸
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[@ncmon]

Love the content, Christopher! As an amateur/newbie solver I really appreciate when you call out a clue as a "common" one, and your commentary in general really helps stick the answers in my brain deeper than how simply coming across them in my own solves does.
You were right on the money about the theme towards the end there -- 17A (G"one"), 24A (St"one" tool), 36A (Scoop received in a c"all"), 43A (Sh"all"), and 52A (It gets the b"all" rolling) all need the text substitution specified in 63A to become the clues to the actual answers.
Cheers!

[@LetsWineDownOnTheNYTCrossword]

Well done! Bravo! Yes, it started to slowly dawn on me by the time I got to the end, but for whatever reason, this theme did nothing but hurt my brain! LOL!
I am severely impressed with your ability to crack into it so effortlessly. It just felt a bit circuitous for a Thursday (speaking averages), but I do love a challenge regardless. And I think I said this during the solve, but there really is no worse feeling than solving a grid without ever knowing the theme. It somehow feels incomplete when that happens, but the little gold star helps. I think it is similar to making the bed every day, regardless of how I may be feeling or how busy I am. It’s a way of keeping order/neatness, of course, but it’s also a very small accomplishment. And accomplishments, no matter how insignificant, are wins. Strange metaphor, I know…
I truly appreciate your very kind words here. I love connecting with everyone more than anything else, so thank you! Cin-Cin!🍷

[@Scott5619]

Wow, that was a hard one. I am new to crosswords and it is great to have your videos to help me out when I am (frequently) stuck. Please keep the videos coming, I enjoy them a lot!

[@LetsWineDownOnTheNYTCrossword]

You are SO very kind to say! Thank you! And I enjoy making the videos almost as much as I enjoy solving, so I will keep them coming for sure! Again, thank you for such a nice comment. I look forward to solving with you! Cin-Cin!🍷

[@lpbabckramann7774]

Ich habe deinen Kanal vor 2 Wochen gefunden und bin überrascht das du Deutsch bist.

[@LetsWineDownOnTheNYTCrossword]

Nun, lassen Sie mich zunächst sagen, wie sehr ich mich freue, dass Sie bei unserem Kreuzworträtsel dabei sind! Ich bin einfach so glücklich, Sie bei uns zu haben. Meine Mutter ist Deutsche, sie kommt aus Heidelberg. Aber sie ist in die Vereinigten Staaten gezogen, wo ich geboren wurde. Ich bin also eigentlich ein Deutsch-Amerikaner der ersten Generation. Aber ich lebe und arbeite in Bayern und passe ganz gut hierher. Die meisten Leute, die ich hier treffe, scheinen überrascht zu sein, dass ich Amerikaner bin. 😂 Noch einmal, ich bin so froh, Sie als Teil unserer Community hier zu haben, und ich freue mich darauf, in Zukunft mit Ihnen zu interagieren. Prost! 🍷