Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords

New York Times 6:54
Los Angeles Times 7:35
New York Sun 10:03
CrosSynergy 12:27

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

New York Times 7:38 (or 6:06 with one square wrong)
New York Sun 6:02
LA Times 4:31
CrosSynergy 13:21
USA Today 18:19
Universal 13:17

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NY Times 43:15
Newsday 12:05
CrosSynergy 14:56
LA Times 32:13
Washington Post 41:24

New York Times: Getting A Little R And R
by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz

I understood what the gimmick was going to be just from the title, “Getting A Little R And R” — obviously, we’re adding two Rs to something to complete the theme answers. I’m a slow solver, so while my time of 43:15 is never going to win me any competitions, it seemed fairly steady for me. The long answers came in bits and pieces — I saw parts of them early (…FARCES, CROW…, PRETTY CRASH…), but needed more help in the crossings to finish them off.

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