Barbara Lin helps us out in more ways than one.
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TUESDAY PUZZLE — My first experience with Barbara Lin’s crosswords was in 2023, when I wrote the column for her Fourth of July puzzle. It was a breezy Tuesday grid with a timely wink, its themed entries stacked so as to create a tottering pile of burger toppings. It made me smile.
That solving experience seems to have had a priming effect on me, because now, whenever I see Ms. Lin’s byline on a crossword, I am transported right back to the dog days of summer. I feel my spirits lift and my worries fade, and sometimes, I can even hear the ocean.
I hope that today’s crossword leaves you in similarly, ahem, chipper spirits.
Today’s Theme
It seems like just yesterday we had a gambling-themed puzzle — because it was just yesterday — and here’s another one that antes up. In this case, however, the [Bluffer’s activity] of a POKER GAME (22A) makes up only a part of Ms. Lin’s gambit.
Each of today’s themed entries represents a different interpretation of the revealer clue at 37A: [Contributes to a group gift … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across]. The answer is CHIPS IN. And the themed entries all have different kinds of CHIPS IN them.
A poker game uses chips. The [Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package] is a TOLL HOUSE COOKIE (17A), which contains chocolate chips. A [Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl] known as TACO SALAD (48A) includes tortilla chips. And your [Office workstation] DESKTOP COMPUTER (54A) contains microchips.
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