August Lee-Kovach’s puzzle is very punny.
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THURSDAY PUZZLE — August Lee-Kovach’s puzzle is very funny if you’ve done what I’ve done and been where I’ve been.
I won’t go into detail in this section because it would give the theme away. Let’s just say that I have been on both sides of this conversation in my career and I laughed out loud at Mr. Lee-Kovach’s crossword (in an appreciative way, of course).
Today’s Theme
As a journalist, I appreciate my copy editors. They make me a better writer. As an editor, I appreciate the writers who decide how many spaces they should leave after a period and stick with that number throughout an entire piece.
That’s why Mr. Lee-Kovach’s revealer at 56A, an ALTERCATION between an editor and a writer, is so funny to me. Setting aside the pun of having “alter” The four common phrases that make up the puzzle’s theme have been repurposed as puns on what might happen if there is a disagreement about the copy.
A PERIOD DRAMA becomes [Much ado about some punctuation]. A TENSE EXCHANGE is redefined as [Harsh words regarding the past and the present?].
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
