The answer to the “Silly as all get-out” clue in the Nov. 7 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle is “INANE.” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, inane means lacking sense or meaning and is an adjective.
According to Last, crossword puzzles rely too heavily on a Westernized ... “the [Times] puzzle today uses one-third fewer non-English clues and answers than it did at its peak in 1966, and ...