The Second Sunday Puzzle has been unceremoniously cut out of the newly redesigned New York Times Magazine. We all think this blows. If you think this blows also please sign this petition. We'll be sending this off to magazine@nytimes.com once we get enough signatures.
The Second Sunday Puzzle has been unceremoniously cut out of the newly redesigned New York Times Magazine. We all think this blows. If you think this blows also please sign this petition. We'll be sending this off to magazine@nytimes.com once we get enough signatures.
We signed the "Save the Second Sunday Puzzle" petition!
# 36:
4:20 pm PDT, Oct 17,Philip Fries, New York
Eugene T Maleska must be spinning in his grave. Why not junk the paper all together. It already looks more like condensed web site than a newspaper.
# 35:
9:16 pm PDT, Sep 21,Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 33:
5:05 am PDT, Jul 15,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
The second Sunday puzzles are always clever and are fun for two people to do together. Don't take them away. Even though I enjoy KenKen, I'd much rather see that disappear.
# 32:
4:15 pm PDT, Jul 12,Ted Nelson, California
I e-mailed the Times last week and received no response. That e-mail contained my complaint about eliminating the 2nd Sunday puzzle - though I should note is has appeared (and I assume will continue to appear) the last two weeks, a page or two in front of the puzzle page. I have delivery of the West Coast edition now that I live in California. The e-mail also contained my questioning a several-years "accepted" answer to a clue appearing in regular puzzles over the years. There has been no response to that either. Call me if you're interested. Ted Nelson, 760-863-0607.
# 31:
11:53 am PDT, Jul 12,Sarah Phinney, Texas
# 30:
9:39 am PDT, Jul 10,John Farmer, California
As a subscriber for decades to the Sunday Times, a paper that typically weighs several pounds, I can't believe there is no longer enough room to print the second Sunday puzzle. Within the Magazine itself, they could shorten an article or two, or cut down Safire's full page to something more reasonable.
# 29:
12:03 pm PDT, Jul 9,Lynne Cohen, New York
The first week I saw the KenKen I thought maybe it would be rotated along with acrostic, cryptic, etc. There is KenKen every day now, we don't need it on Sunday too! Bring back the variety puzzles which we don't see every day!
# 28:
6:02 am PDT, Jul 9,Brendan Quigley, Massachusetts
The puzzle page is one of, if the not the only money making section of the New York Times. Why the newspaper would want to mess with a winning formula defies logic.
# 27:
6:39 am PDT, Jul 8,Jeff E, New York
# 26:
5:13 pm PDT, Jun 29,Name not displayed, New York
I've been a loyal subscriber for many years. The first week the second puzzle disappeared, I sent an e-mail to Magazine Editor Gerald Marzorati. There was no reply.
There is wasted space in the Magazine. Plenty of room for the second puzzle if the far-too-wordy articles were sensibly edited.
# 25:
1:25 pm PDT, Jun 29,Marilyn Grosswirth, New York
The online version seems not to be available until Sunday. As a Times subscriber, I am accustomed to getting my Magazine—and both puzzles—on Saturday. In addition, I do not understand why we are getting less for our increased cover price, and why I have to use my own paper and ink to print out this puzzle.
# 24:
10:44 am PDT, Jun 28,Betsy Woodard, Virginia
Please, please, please, please!
I love them all, every one of them.
# 23:
12:52 pm PDT, Jun 27,Name not displayed, Florida
I love words! Please, one KenKen is more than sufficient.
# 22:
4:29 am PDT, Jun 25,James Liander, New York
Bring back the Acrostic and I'll start buying the paper again.
# 21:
4:29 am PDT, Jun 25,James Liander, New York
Bring back the Acrostic and I'll start buying the paper again.
# 20:
4:08 am PDT, Jun 25,Edelle Tracy, Virginia
# 19:
8:05 pm PDT, Jun 24,Thomas Love, Ohio
# 18:
7:57 pm PDT, Jun 24,Jonathon Brown, Kentucky
# 17:
7:05 pm PDT, Jun 24,Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 16:
4:24 pm PDT, Jun 24,Stewart Levine, Texas
The Second Sunday Puzzle are some of the most creative puzzles available to the mass solver. I especially enjoy Puns and Anagrams and the Acrostic. Ken-Ken and Sudoku? These aren't real thought provoking puzzles. What ever happened to tradition?
# 15:
4:04 pm PDT, Jun 24,Amy Reynaldo, Illinois
My favorites are the diagramless crosswords, cryptic crosswords, Split Decisions, variety crosswords, and the occasional word puzzle by Will Shortz. OK, so I have a lot of favorites. They really are the highlight of the Times Magazine sometimes!
# 14:
3:34 pm PDT, Jun 24,Dorothy Martin Sinclare, New Jersey
I love the 2nd Sunday puzzles...especially Puns & Anagrams. Please return them to the Magazine.
# 13:
3:29 pm PDT, Jun 24,Patti Tessler, New York
# 12:
10:11 am PDT, Jun 24,Amanda Yesnowitz, New York
# 11:
8:28 am PDT, Jun 24,Carolyn Aibel, Colorado
I love doing the 2nd Sunday Puzzle. I love the variety. And, as a result of the 2nd Sunday Puzzle, I've learned how to do cryptics!
# 10:
6:36 am PDT, Jun 24,Jen Muehlbauer, California
# 9:
4:44 am PDT, Jun 24,Hal Tepfer, Massachusetts
# 8:
4:30 am PDT, Jun 24,Jeffrey Schwartz, New York
# 7:
3:10 am PDT, Jun 24,Steve Klein, Virginia
# 6:
1:33 am PDT, Jun 24,Pam Boland, Georgia
# 5:
7:37 pm PDT, Jun 23,Mike Nothnagel, New York
# 4:
4:45 pm PDT, Jun 23,Betsy Arnold-Leahy, New York
Second Sunday Puzzle is necessary. Eliminating does really save much space
# 3:
9:47 am PDT, Jun 23,Brian Cimmet, New York
The Sunday word puzzles are, for many, the primary draw of the New York Times Sunday magazine. I strongly encourage you to reconsider this choice, and explore every option available to allow for the second puzzle to return to print.
