Less than two months remain till the debut of the much awaited Scream VI. As a result, the blood-soaked voyage of the promotion for this slasher sequel to New York City has started. This specific sequel’s location in New York City, which the marketers did a superb job of hyping up, has been the main point of attention. Nowhere is safe from Ghostface, not even the subway or Times Square. Now that Ghostface has recently issued their supporters with a terrifying crossword puzzle, you can add The New York Times to this notorious killer’s list of targets.
The crossword, featuring 19 killer puzzles to solve, was posted to Scream’s Instagram page with the caption, “Would you like to play a game, @nytimes?” Before Wordle hit it big, the popular newspaper was known for its crossword puzzles and Ghostface seems to be beating them at their own game. Even for Scream and horror experts, this crossword is no walk in Central Park. You do have easy ones of course like 17 Across “99 cents each” or 2 Down “It’s time to play a __” but Ghostface isn’t going easy on his followers here. There are many challenging prompts that will keep you staring at a computer screen for a while scratching your head. For example, 18 Across: “Classic slasher franchise” — that might seem like a cakewalk for the average enthusiast, but the answer is only four letters. How many slashers, let alone horror films, do you know with a four-letter-long title? There aren’t many of them. There are also a lot of references to the franchise like 10 Down “My favorite investigative reporter” and 8 down “Movies __ create psychos.”
Whether you love Scream, horror movies, or crosswords, this is going to keep you busy for a while. Ghostface has been having a ton of fun in NYC so far and, with the first full trailer right around the corner, it looks like his big city game is just beginning. Even though this isn’t Ghostface’s usual game of choice — he generally sticks to horror movie trivia — it does feel like there are more than a few trick questions in this crossword that will have you feeling like classic franchise character Casey or our new favorite scream queen Tara guessing the wrong answer at the beginning of their respective films.
