[uhoh-itsmaciek]

Those are great. Another memorable NYT one had the theme A SHOT IN THE DARK, and several answers ended in SHOT (RIMSHOT, EARSHOT, etc.), but the grid only had space for the first part of the word, so the actual answers were RIM⬛, EAR⬛, etc. Another had a RISE FROM THE ASHES theme, and had several answers that ended in ASH that did not seem to fit the clue: the actual answer followed vertically where the ASH ending started. E.g., for the clue "Tell it like it is", the answer that fit straight across was "TALKS TRASH", but above the "A", going up, were I, G, H, and T, giving the actual answer "TALK STRAIGHT".