John Hawksley’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s recap

NY Times crossword answer, 10 15 22, no. 1015

Cool grid, with these quad-stacked 9s and kind of a racetrack stream via the puzzle.

First up: Did all of us chortle when [Renaissance-era cup] (“Chalice? Grail? Goblet?”) turned out to be a CODPIECE? More importantly, why aren’t athletic cups referred to as codpieces? It’s a bit to guard your … cod.

Had no clue about [Potentially prophetic child], SEVENTH SON. Turns out to be some previous woman-hating nonsense, god forbid somebody wreck the magical powers by having a daughter alongside the best way.

Fave fill: MAGIC SHOP, “IT WASN’T ME,” CAN’T UNSEE, ATHLEISURE, PORSCHES (not that I’d ever heard of the [Taycan and Macan]), SPACE CADET.

Can’t unsee however want I may: APISHLY, ASIMMER.

[MIT’s sports team name], ENGINEERS. But their mascot is a beaver moderately than an engineer. I discovered why this week, from the Netflix sequence Never Have I Ever: Both CalTech and MIT have beaver mascots as a result of the animal is “nature’s engineer.” CalTech groups are the Beavers, although.

Four stars from me.