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10. I only opine on my own way of looking at the puzzle. QuasiMojo: The problem is that there is a requirement that 5 puzzles every week including the Sunday puzzle must have a theme. And the theme has to be fairly original. And similar themes in other publications' puzzles like the LA Times disqualify the theme from being published in the NY Times. With all these to me, artificial restraints, I'm not sure you can really expect terrific themes that frequently. Yes, there are great themes that are published here and elsewhere from time to time. But try as I have to come up with great themes. It's not that easy. And once you have a great theme, it may be impossible to arrange the theme entries in a grid without introducing a lot of crap. Consider how, except for Sunday puzzles, Patrick Berry avoids early week theme puzzles.