Early 90's NYT crosswords are built different. I've been working through the earliest Saturday puzzles that are available in the app, and I finally solved one with no assistance, after trying 9 others. I can ~always solve modern Saturdays; I wonder if the difference is more in the cultural context or in the absolute difficulty.
I'm now pretty sure they're harder. I've switched to doing Mondays, which take me twice as long as modern Mondays. I think roughly three to five clues are notably dated in a given Monday puzzle; the rest are basically the same kind of clue as in a modern puzzle, just usually later in the week.
Ben Weinstein-Raun
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