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Enjoyed the acrostic from Mike today.

I also did the NYT acrostic which is the last online acrostic they will publish (and the next to last by Cox And Rathvon in the NYT). I find the NYT acrostic interface superior to that of the WSJ. Since the Times won’t be using it, maybe the Journal can pick it up at a bargain price.

I am hoping that that their retirement from NYT acrostics is not a sign that Cox and Rathvon are retiring from puzzledom. They are the best.

I’m also sad today about the NYT acrostic.

I'm baffled and sad by the NYT Acrostic departure from their website. And the archives are gone - you can't go in to your account and do one from years ago that was there last month.

I don't enjoy acrostics so much, but I'd feel compelled to do them -- so this is kind of a blessing for me. But I don't understand why they and other variety puzzles were taken off the website. Has there been any explanation of that?