This former House Representative from New York was expelled earlier this month after a scathing report from the Ethics Committee.
Who is George Santos
Movie goers dressed up in black and pink to watch the summer's biggest releases in an event popularly referred to as this.
What is Barbenheimer?
The Teddy Bear is named after this U.S. President, also known as the "Trust Buster"
Who is Teddy Rosevelt?
Part of the name of Taylor Swift's 2023 tour is also the NYT crossword's most commonly used 3 letter word.
What is ERA?
Originally built as part of an Urban Revitalization project, this structure on Nicollet ave is finally being torn down.
What is KMart?
This June, 5 people disappeared in a submarine belonging to this company while doing a commercial diving tour of the Titanic crash site.
What is OceanGATE?
This Las Vegas Attraction opened in September of this year and is named after a 3 dimensional shape.
What is the Sphere?
Maybe don't check your mail? This is the real name of the Unabomber who committed suicide in prison earlier this year.
Who is Ted Kaczynski?
This cookie brand name isn't NYT's favorite 4 letter word, but it ranks within the top 40.
What is OREO?
Who says we're bad at sports? This Minnesota team is top of the pack in their division, though we might not be able to afford some of our best player's contracts next season.
What are the Timberwolves?
Earlier this year a Chinese Spy balloon was detected flying over the continental U.S. and was ultimately shot down over this state.
What is South Carolina?
Popularly referred to as "The Lemonade That Kills You" this chain restaurant's "Charged Lemonade" has over 250g of caffeine per 20oz serving and has been linked to the death of 2 people.
What is Panera Bread?
This actor played "Ted Mosby" for 9 seasons in CBS's hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother
Who is Josh Radnor?
This 3-letter Creature from Tolkien sees more play in the NYT crossword puzzle than "Orc"
What is ENT?
Multiple times this summer, Minneapolis ranked worst in the world in terms of this health and safety metric.
What is air quality?
This memoir, ghost written by J. R. Moehringer, published in January of this year became the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time.
What is Spare?
Baby Gronk did this to Libby, in what was named the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year for 2023.
What is Rizz?
This U.S. Senator is made his film debut this December with in cameo in the Daily Wire produced straight-to-streaming film Lady Ballers
Who is Ted Cruz?
The NYT's favorite 5 letter word would also be a good type of venue for rival publication Time Magazine's Person of the Year to perform in.
What is an ARENA?
After years of criticism, the state legislator has voted to redesign this thing, and currently is down to 3 finalists.
What is the State Flag?
Who is Sam Altman?
Originally written in November 2002, "Letter to The American People" went viral on TikTok this fall, and was written buy this Author.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
This long running conference was held in Vancouver Canada this year, and its name is an Acronym for this.
What is Technology, Entertainment, Design?
This shorthand for "the opposite of WSW" is 34 on the list of top NYT Crossword words.
What is ENE?
Late this September this annual Twin Cities event was canceled due to records 90 degree heat.
What is the Minneapolis Marathon?