A Saturday Worth Savoring | NYT Crossword #1,550 + Bonus NYT Midi 🍷

Pull up a chair in the Wine Down Salon for today’s Saturday NYT Crossword, constructed by Hannah Slovut-Einertson. Christopher and Gerri settle in for a standard recorded solve with sparkling water in their glasses, plenty of conversation, and room to enjoy the puzzle at an unhurried pace. Along the way, Christopher shares Wine Down’s Semantic Drift of the Day: BULLY—a word that once meant a sweetheart, darling, or companion before traveling toward its modern, far less affectionate meaning. After the main crossword, we’ll take on the Bonus NYT Midi and linger a while longer in the warm, relaxing atmosphere of the Salon. Bring your curiosity, your favorite pour, and pull up a chair. There’s always room for you in the Salon. Cin-Cin! 🍷 Christopher & Gerri #NYTCrossword #Crossword #WineDown Chapters 00:00 Welcome 00:26 Today’s Pour & Wine Down’s Semantic Drift of the Day 01:55 Main Solve 16:20 Puzzle Discussion 23:02 Bonus NYT Midi 31:31 Salon: Reading Your Comments 59:00 La Bannière des adieux 🌟 Community Spotlight 🥰 Schatzi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gerrilyncom... Sundar’s WordMaze: https://tinyurl.com/mordwaze20 🎁 Our Website & Merchandise: https://www.letswinedownonthenytcross... 💬 Join our Discord Server!   / discord   📭 Stay in Touch Email: christopher.combest@gmail.com Snail Mail (U.S. Address in Germany): Christopher Combest PSC 411, Box 438 APO AE 09112 Follow: TikTok: @comeintakeasip Instagram: @winedownNYT.xword 🧩 Crossword Resources Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/ Diary of a Crossword Fiend: https://crosswordfiend.com/ Brendan Emmett Quigley: https://brendanemmettquigley.com/ SilentEevee:    / @silenteevee   Crosswordlin':    / @crosswordlin   Joe Spence Cryptic Solves:    / @joespence99   KrazyDad:    / @jbum   ☕ Background Music "Last Cappuccino in Rio" — Chris Haugen Via YouTube Studio: https://studio.youtube.com/ Applause — freesound_community (Pixabay) Laugh Track — ArtificiallyInspired (Pixabay) Keyboard — u_a4gfvwagf1 (Pixabay) Subscribe animations & visuals: • Tech VideoStack (Pixabay) • alleksana (Pexels) • azhaan quraishi (Pexels) • BOOM (Pexels) Image credits: N/A 🧠 About the Channel Wine Down with Christopher & Gerri is a daily crossword salon built around curiosity, conversation, and community. The New York Times Crossword may be what brings us together, but it is rarely where the conversation ends. Along the way, we wander through language, history, culture, science, art, odd bits of trivia, and whatever else the puzzle happens to put in our path. We solve in real time, mistakes and all, because the pleasure isn’t in pretending to know everything. It’s in figuring things out together. So pour yourself a glass of wine, a cup of coffee, or whatever suits the hour, pull up a chair, and join us. The puzzle is the catalyst. The salon is the point. Come in, take a sip, and Wine Down. Cin-Cin! 🍷 Wine Down with Christopher & Gerri