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Play this puzzle here . (NYT subscription required) Today's puzzle from Brendan Quigley was one that even after completing it, I spent a long time looking at it. Just kind of staring at like it was a magic eye puzzle, waiting for something to pop out at me. Specifically, I was looking for his name, which according to his Twitter ( @fleetwoodwack ) is hidden somewhere in the grid. I haven't found it yet, though! To be fair, I also can't do magic eye puzzles. In all seriousness, the grid layout itself is beautiful, looking almost like an ancient rune carved into stone in some long-forgotten, grown-over cave. It's as much a piece of art as the wonderfully-clued answers within. Speaking of answers, this puzzle had some really good ones. As much as I want to jump right to my favorite, there are a few worth mentioning first. At 14A we have the clue "Words from someone preparing to knock back a few" which solves to the delightfully rough-around-the-edges LINEEMU

Who? What? Where? (New York Times 12/4/2020)

Play it before you read the review! (NYT subscription required) Or try one of ours! This is a puzzle that's either going to go down smooth or have you pulling out your hair. It all depends on how well you know the many people and places referenced in this puzzle. If you're a music buff, cinephile, or a mixture of both, you'll probably sail right through. If, like me, your knowledge of those categories is lacking, you're going to have to rely on crosses to fill in many of this puzzle's longer answers. It was doable, but admittedly difficult. On the technical side, this was a fine puzzle. The clues ranged from good to excellent, and the answers were fitting. Being a Friday puzzle, there was a dearth of short answers and a plethora of long ones which forces solvers to either piece together the puzzle using knowledge of the subject matter or mining the few 'easy' answers for all they're worth. Here are all the people you should know in this puzzle: Don

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