Synonyms for engagement
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Clare @ NYT
General Clare Facts
100

Nine-letter word meaning a formal agreement to get married.

What is betrothal?

100

This is the neighborhood did Jerry resided in.

What is the Upper West Side?

100

This fellow NYT employee is the Mini editor.

Who is Joel Fagliano?

100

The neighborhood of Clare's office, where sirens are frequent

What is Park Slope?

100

This is day of the week is the only crossword puzzle Clare does because the other ones are too easy.

What is Saturday?

200

Ten letter French-derived word meaning an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time.

What is rendezvous?

200

This Seinfeld writer voiced George Steinbrenner on and off from seasons five through nine.

Who is Larry David?

200

This four-letter vegan snack is a common Crossword filler.

What is Oreo?

200

This product is the first that Clare supported as a DIG member.

What is Cooking?

200

The name of Clare's cat, or something needing a hotfix

What is Bug?

300

Eleven-letter word meaning the action of engaging or being engaged, coming from the Latin for "envelop, surround, overwhelm"

What is involvement?

300

This guest actress is the star of Rochelle, Rochelle.

Who is Bette Midler?

300

This is the word meaning crossword aficionados.

What is a cruciverbalist?

300

In October 2019, Clare set a record for fastest mini completion time, of this many seconds.

What is 3?

300
Clare's Grammy-winning close relative plays music in this genre.

What is Jazz?

400

Five-letter vowelless word also meaning an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time.

What is tryst?

400

When given the chance to be interviewed by Bryant Gumbel on The Today Show, this clothing item ruins the interview and sends Gumbel into giggles.

What is Jerry’s “puffy shirt”?

400
This is the number of squares in a typical Monday-Saturday puzzle.

What is 225?

400

This is the number of months that Clare has been working at The Times.

What is 80?

400
This 2000s Billboard hit track is a karaoke favorite of Clare's

What is Cowboy Take Me Away?

500

Eight-letter word meaning a fight or battle between armed forces, coming from the Old French escarmouche and Italian Italian scaramuccia.

What is skirmish?

500

This was the cause of death of George’s fiancee, Susan.

What is licking wedding invitation envelopes with toxic glue?

500

NYT published its first Crossword in this year, as a way to give war-weary readers a distraction from bleak news.

What is 1942?

500

How many engagement performance/sub biz meetings has Clare presented in since 2020?

What is somewhere between 50 and 60? (I think I counted 57?)

500

All of Clare's clothes are from this brand

What is Rachel Comey?

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