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Solution to A Case of the Monday Crosswords

by Kaia Dekker and John Hawksley

Answer: ROBBERIES

Use the word lengths to help solve the clues. As a check, the answers are in alphabetical order. Recognize that there are some commonalities and sort the answers into groups of 3. As hinted with the title, title font, and copyright notice, each grouping matches the theme of a Monday New York Times crossword from 2014. Each of these crosswords has a “theme revealer” answer. Order the theme revealers from oldest to newest and index in by the numbers given to yield ROBBERIES, the answer.

Answers

Theme

Date

Index

Letter

PRESSURE COOKER

REC CENTER

2/10/2014

9

R

CULTURE CLASH

SPARE CHANGE

MUDDY CHARLES

DIRTY WORDS

3/24/2014

7

O

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

DUSTY MILLER

NECK AND NECK

BODY DOUBLES

4/28/2014

8

B

TOE TO TOE

ELBOW TO ELBOW

BLUE BOOK

B-TEAM

6/16/2014

1

B

BACK BURNER

BAD BLOOD

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

BEAUTY PARLOR

7/7/2014

2

E

TEMP TO PERM

PHONE EXTENSIONS

NO EXIT

AIRPLANE SEATS

8/4/2014

3

R

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE

OUT THE WINDOW

LIVIN LA VIDA LOCA

MISSIN G

10/6/2014

5

I

JUMPIN JUMPIN

STAYIN ALIVE

OTHELLO

GAME SEVEN

10/13/2014

4

E

CRANIUM

OLD MAID

ALANIS MORISSETTE

TWINS

11/17/2014

5

S

ELVIS PRESLEY

SCARLETT JOHANSSON