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How to Write a Joining Letter

Joining a new organization is a thrilling experience filled with anticipation and new opportunities. One of the formalities that comes with this transition is writing a joining letter. This document is a professional way to confirm your acceptance of the new position and to express your enthusiasm for starting your journey with the new employer. In this article, we’ll guide you through the process of crafting an effective joining letter that will set a positive tone for your tenure with the company.

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Understanding the Joining Letter

A joining letter is a formal communication sent by the new employee to the employer, officially stating their acceptance of the job offer. It typically includes a confirmation of the job role, start date, and other terms of employment that may have been previously agreed upon. Think of it as the final handshake in written form, sealing the deal between you and your new workplace.

Here are the key elements that a joining letter should include:

• Date : The date when the letter is written.
• Employer’s Details : The name and address of the organization, often including the name of the person who offered you the job, such as the HR manager or your future supervisor.
• Your Details : Your name and contact information.
• Subject Line : A clear indication that the letter is a joining letter.
• Salutation : A formal greeting to the person you are writing to.
• Acceptance of the job offer.
• Confirmation of the position and start date.
• Expression of gratitude.
• Acknowledgement of any enclosed documents (if applicable).
• Closing : A formal sign-off.
• Signature : Your signed name to authenticate the letter.

Writing Your Joining Letter

Step 1: start with a professional format.

Use a formal letter format for your joining letter. If you’re sending a physical letter, use a standard business letter template. If it’s an email, a proper subject line and business-like email format should be followed.

Step 2: Address the Employer

Address the letter to the appropriate person in the company. This could be the HR manager or the person who interviewed you. Ensure you spell their name and title correctly to avoid starting on the wrong foot.

Step 3: Write a Clear Subject Line

The subject line should be straightforward and informative. For example, “Joining Letter – [Your Name]” is simple and direct.

Step 4: Express Your Acceptance

Begin the body of your letter by expressing your acceptance of the job offer. Clearly state the position you have been offered and your enthusiasm for the role.

Step 5: Confirm the Details

Mention the agreed-upon start date and any other relevant details such as the location of employment, working hours, salary, and any benefits you may have discussed.

Step 6: Show Appreciation

Thank your employer for the opportunity. Expressing gratitude is not only courteous but also reinforces your positive attitude towards joining the team.

Step 7: Mention Enclosed Documents

If you are required to submit any documents with your joining letter, such as copies of your identification, educational certificates, or signed contracts, mention these in your letter.

Step 8: Close Formally

End your letter with a formal closing, such as “Sincerely” or “Regards,” followed by your full name. If you’re sending a physical letter, leave space for your handwritten signature above your typed name.

Step 9: Proofread and Edit

Before you send the letter, proofread it carefully for any grammatical or spelling errors. A well-written letter free of mistakes will reflect your professionalism.

Sample Joining Letter

To illustrate how to put this all together, here’s a sample joining letter:

[Your Name] [Your Address] [City, State, Zip Code] [Email Address] [Phone Number] [Date] [Employer’s Name] [Employer’s Title] [Company Name] [Company Address] [City, State, Zip Code] Subject: Joining Letter – [Your Name] Dear [Employer’s Name], I am writing this letter to formally accept the offer for the position of [Job Title] with [Company Name]. I am excited about the opportunity to join your team and contribute to the success of the organization. As per our discussions, I understand that my start date will be [Start Date]. I am also aware of the work timings, which are [Work Timings], and the salary package, which has been agreed upon at [Salary Amount]. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for this opportunity. I am eager to bring my skills and experience to [Company Name] and work towards achieving the company’s goals. Please find enclosed the required documents, including my signed copy of the employment contract, identification proof, and educational certificates. I am looking forward to starting my new role and am keen to make a positive impact. Ifthere are further details or documents needed prior to my start date, please let me know. Thank you once again for this opportunity. I am truly honored to be joining [Company Name] and am ready to embark on this exciting journey. Sincerely, [Your Handwritten Signature (for a hard copy letter)] [Your Typed Name]

Final Thoughts

Your joining letter is more than just a formality; it is the first step in establishing your relationship with your new employer. By clearly communicating your acceptance and enthusiasm for the role, you are setting the stage for a successful partnership.

Remember, the key to a professional joining letter is clarity, conciseness, and attention to detail. Make sure to tailor your letter to reflect the specific job and company you’re joining, as a personalized touch goes a long way.

In conclusion, a well-crafted joining letter will not only fulfill a necessary step in the hiring process but also demonstrate your professionalism and readiness to become a part of the team. Take the time to write a thoughtful and error-free letter that will leave a lasting positive impression on your future employer.

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Letter: Prayers for peace

If you are a person who believes in the power of prayer, who understands the value of joining in community and who is open to listening to others, please join us at the Prayer Vigil for Peace and Unity in the World on May 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Church, 825 South Klevin Street.

Sister Nirmala Soysa of St. Anthony’s, Heather Barbour of the Islamic Community Center of Anchorage and Rabbi Moshe King of Congregation Beth Sholom will be sharing reflections after a smudging and drumming ceremony by Jim Bell and our Alaska Native community. Music, a singing bowl meditation and the lighting of a peace candle will be included. Refreshments and fellowship will follow.

— Tam Agosti-Gisler

Have something on your mind? Send to [email protected] or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published. Writers should disclose any personal or professional connections with the subjects of their letters. Letters are edited for accuracy, clarity and length.

We are constantly adding new resources to Letter-join, many suggested by our subscribing schools.

The Letter-join Team have created a document complete with useful tips and handwriting support for your left-handed learners. Packed full of practical guidance for making the appropriate provision for left-handed children, such as how to:

• recognise the needs and challenges of left-handed pupils

• model left-handed writing

• practise the correct pencil grip

• sit and position the paper correctly

Some practical help right from the start can make a huge difference to the learning outcomes of left-handed children.

Letter-join’s Guide to Provision for Left-handed Writers is available with a school subscription and can be accessed from any Classroom page by selecting Info > Instruction Guides > Left-handed Guidance or just type ‘left’ into the Search bar.

Take a look at these the new additions to Letter-join resources for joining techniques - double and tricky letters! Your pupils can polish their letter joining skills by watching the animations in the Word Banks and tracing them on IWBs and tablets before completing the worksheets for real handwriting practice. Now teachers can choose from a collection of fun handwriting practice tasks, from how to join letters horizontally and diagonally, to practising double letters and other tricky joins.

All the resources are available in the Letter-join Lead-in or No-Lead font to suit your school’s preferred handwriting style.

To find these new resources, select ‘More …’ and then ‘Joins’ from a Classroom page.

Try Letter-join’s newly updated Dictation Exercises!

Letter-join’s Dictation section has been updated to include extra resources accompanied by colourful illustrations and a new, easy-to-use player console. Any Letter-join font can be chosen to use with these resources.

The Dictation Exercises are a great tool for developing children’s written language skills and strengthening spelling in a meaningful way. Pupils can start by practising new sounds and words linking reading with spelling and work towards the legible, speedy handwriting required in Year 6. Pupils are encouraged to check for mistakes, and edit their writing, helping them to identify errors in their own written work. The exercises are divided into six categories which contain a series of exercises ranging from Phonics phases 2 to 5 to KS2 statutory words.

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 2

For more information, watch the Dictation video >

The National Curriculum states that in Key Stage 2, pupils should be taught to write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed. Letter-join’s new handwriting challenge, Write in Time! provides children with the opportunity to practise fast and fluent handwriting which is neat and legible.

To play the game, children can choose from eight familiar Key Stage 2 topics. When they have selected a topic, they need to match the correct word to the picture and then trace the word quickly and neatly. The aim is to match and neatly write as many words as possible against the clock, to help build speed and stamina into their handwriting.

Letter-join’s Lesson Planner video With Staff Development days just around the corner, now’s the time to watch this  step-by-step guide  to walk you   through the teaching of handwriting in your school using Letter-join’s Lesson Planners. This video explains the two routes into teaching handwriting with Letter-join. Teachers can choose to start teaching   with either printed or cursive letters, to suit their school’s handwriting policy.   There are 7 modules in each section   (print or cursive) which cover Early Years through to Year 6,   offering a whole school approach to the teaching of   handwriting. Also, available:  

A great additional resource to support the teaching and learning of the phonics phases using the Letter-join Print Plus font ; ideal for combining the teaching of handwriting with phonics.

Strengthen your pupils’ phonics skills through phases 2-5 with these fun, new worksheets from Letter-join. Every set of sentences and stories contain the relevant phonemes and graphemes to support each phonics phase.

The graphemes related to each phase are highlighted, enabling children to practice reading and writing the sounds within the words of a sentence or short story.        

Find these by selecting the ‘More resources’ tab at the bottom of each of the Phonics Phases pages.

Phozzle supports the teaching of phonics with handwriting. Strengthen your pupils’ phonics knowledge, handwriting and reading skills with this great new activity.

Phozzle is ideal to use on whiteboards for a fun, whole-class activity and for children to use individually on iPads and tablets at school and at home. Children can consolidate their phonics learning and practise the orientation of letters whilst having fun with this online jigsaw puzzle game.

Successfully tracing over a phoneme or grapheme will remove a puzzle piece revealing a colourful picture underneath. Once the illustration is fully revealed, there is plenty of opportunity to stimulate discussion as each picture is packed full of interesting characters and colourful scenes, for whole-class or paired discussion. For some added amusement, children can hunt for the curly caterpillar hiding in every picture!

As with all Letter-join activities, a school’s preferred letterforms for f, k, w, x and z will be used, and the font (printed or cursive) will be as chosen by class teachers. Find Phozzle in Letter-join’s Phonics section. How to play Phozzle >

Letter-join’s Handwriting Assessment Tracker Pack has been designed in line with National Curriculum targets for handwriting. It provides a complete scheme for assessing pupils’ progression in handwriting skills from Early Years to Year 6.

The pack contains:

• An individual attainment checklist for each child to track their handwriting development as they move through the school.

• Supporting assessment tasks which can be used as a record of each child’s progress.

As with many of Letter-join’s resources, this pack is designed to be flexible. Teachers can print out the resources included in the reference document or use their own assessment tasks, as appropriate.

Using this pack

Handwriting Assessment Tracker: Record Sheets

For each child, print out one copy of the 6-page Record Sheets document . This will travel with the child from Early Years to Year 6, with the class and teacher names being added each year.

The tasks in this document are for each child to complete, although teachers may choose to use their own assessment tasks, if preferred.

Reference Document for Handwriting Assessment Tracker

The  Reference document  can be viewed online or one copy printed out for each year group. The Reference Document provides useful resources and tasks to help staff assess each child’s handwriting, although alternative tasks may be used if preferable.

To help class teachers prepare for September’s new intake, there are now more links to printouts using Letter-join’s latest font, Print Plus.  The font has been designed in line with the DfE’s latest Phonics guidance  with simple exit strokes for letters that end ‘on the line’.

New printouts include: • large A4 alphabet posters • phonics posters (phases 2 to 5) • A4 alphabet reference sheet • large A4 outline letters

In line with the latest DfE guidance on phonics teaching, Letter-join are delighted to announce the first of our roll-outs for Early Years and KS1. The first two resources for schools to download are the Early Years - Printed letters supplementary Lesson Planner and the Print Plus font for using in MS Word.

Early Years - Printed Letters Lesson Planner

PDF available to download and worksheet links now live!

Letter-join has produced a brand new, supplementary handwriting Lesson Planner for those schools who choose to start teaching handwriting with printed letters. All resources supporting this planner will be rolled out in time for the start of the Autumn term. Letter-join resources to support the Early Years–Printed letters Lesson Planner will include:

• all lowercase letters and words

• all the Phonics activities

• all games and activities

• all EYFS and KS1 worksheets and printouts

Find this on the Teacher Information page > Lesson Planners

Letter-join Print Plus font for MS Word

Now available to download from school Admin page!

Introducing Letter-join’s new Print Plus font with simple exit strokes for letters that end ‘on the line’. With this font there are alternative letterforms for ‘f’ and ‘k’ which complement your school’s chosen cursive options. This will allow teachers to use the font in MS Word to produce name labels, displays, etc in preparation for the start of term.

Improve your pupils’ letter formation with this great new Letter Families activity. Children can watch the animations and hear the verbal pathways for the letters in each letter family before  tracing them.  When completed, the letters they have written are displayed on a moving screen with a cheer of encouragement!

As with all Letter-join activities, a school’s preferred letterforms for f, k, w, x and z will be used, and the font (lead-in or no lead-in) will be as chosen by class teachers.

Here’s what to do: • Choose a letter family to practise.

• Click on the ‘watch’ icon next to the large letter to listen to the sound and see how this family of letters is written.

• You can then watch each letter in the family and listen to the verbal path by clicking the ‘watch’ icon next to each letter.

• Click on ‘Trace the letters’ to practise writing each letter in the family.

• Trace over the letters neatly and when you are happy with your writing, click on the ‘tick’ icon.

• Repeat this with all the letters in the family.

• When you have finished you will get a cheer and see all the letters you wrote!

• You can now choose another letter family to practise.

A second set of packs for all year groups  There is now a second set of home learning handwriting packs for each year group which are  linked to the handwriting learning in Letter-join’s Lesson Planners for term 2 . They are ideal for when children have to work from home and each pack is full of handwriting tasks and Letter-join’s online games and activities to keep pupils on track with their learning. They are designed to be easy to follow for both parents and children.           

Class teachers can simply print a pack, fill in the pupil log-in details and photocopy to send home to each child. Alternatively, the PDFs of the packs can be emailed to pupils or posted on a school website for children to  copy the handwriting worksheets into their exercise books,  try out the on-line activities and have a go at the crafting tasks.

Each pack lists the activities, complete with instructions, and contains a selection of worksheets and printouts, with lots of suggestions for extra tasks. Now, children are all set to enjoy lots of fun handwriting with Letter-join’s colourful and engaging animations and resources.

As with all Letter-join activities, a school’s preferred letterforms for f, k, w, x and z will be used, and the font (lead-in or no lead-in) will be as chosen by class teachers. The Home Learning Packs are available to school subscribers only and can be found on the teacher Information page. Find out more about Home Learning packs >

Letter-join announce a   Handwriting Recovery Programme for  KS2+ Designed to speedily address poor handwriting in Key Stage 2, Letter-join subscribers can now download a new series of Lesson Plans, along with embedded links, to a series of Letter-join worksheets and activities. This resource is designed for pupils in upper Key Stage 2 and above who require extra support to improve their handwriting. Letter-join’s aim is to deliver an intervention to pupils who are not forming and/or joining letters correctly. Some children may struggle with their handwriting due to a change of schools or teachers in their early years, or a lack of direct teaching due to absence from school. Other children may simply find handwriting difficult.

Poor handwriting habits  in older children,  resulting in u ntidy, illegible handwriting and incorrect letter formation, requires a targeted approach. Comprehensive lesson plans cover common topics such as:

• Incorrect letter formation • Letters are not sitting on the baseline • Ascenders are different heights • Incorrect spacing between the words • Adapting handwriting for a range of tasks Daily 10-15 minute practice sessions are recommended to focus on what needs improving and practice using the lesson plans as required. Links can be found by going to the Info page on any classroom account and clicking on the Lesson Planner page.

From Early Years through to Year 6 Letter-join has launched a series of home learning handwriting packs for when it’s necessary for pupils to stay at home. There is now a pack available for each year group  linked to the handwriting learning in Letter-join’s Lesson Planners  for term 1 . Each pack is full of handwriting tasks and Letter-join’s online games and activities to keep pupils on track with their learning and are designed to be easy to follow for both parents and children.          

When you have a few minutes to fill, these whiteboard activities   are ideal.   These easy-to-follow handwriting games and activities will keep   your pupils engaged at a minute’s notice.  Simply select an activity and display on your class whiteboard; n o printing or planning is required.  Find these in Resources > Printouts > Seasonal and  Fillers: 5 minute   fillers:

• GMS   warm-ups
• FMS warm-ups
• Tripod grip
• Magic Patterns
• Magic Words
• Phonics Phase 1
• Phonics Phase 2
• Phonics Phase 3
• Phonics Phase 4
• Phonics   Phase 5

15 minute   fillers:

• Punctuation   Actions
• PhonicsMatch
• Word Search
• Write it Right!
• Tongue Twisters
• Capital Letters in Titles

Classroom Admin checklist

This easy-to-follow checklist from Letter-join will help you to prepare everything you need for the teaching of handwriting when the children return to school Print out the correct Handwriting Lesson Planner for your class: Build handwriting lessons into your timetable and download the Letter-join Handwriting Lesson Planners by logging into a Classroom account and choosing the ‘Info’ button. Print out the relevant worksheets by choosing the ‘Download Worksheets’ button. There are seven modules   which cover the teaching of cursive handwriting from EYFS through to Year 6.  Choose your fonts Be prepared with fonts to teach handwriting to your class. Download the fonts to create documents in MS Word (use Letter-join Basic for Smart Notebook and Powerpoint). Choose which type of  Letter-join font to use in your class for  Worksheet Generator, On-line Word Processor and Letter-join’s Fun activities. Create some fun children’s name labels:

For new subscribers and schools that  need to introduce new staff members to the website, Letter-join has produced a series of video   tutorials and a Powerpoint staff training presentation. To locate these, follow the links below:

•  A six minute overview of Letter-join , introducing the wide range of available resources and facilities. • A comprehensive  Powerpoint presentation , helpful for explaining how the website works, for members of staff or schools that are new   to Letter-join. • Become familiar with Letter-join’s handwriting  Lesson Planners  which offer a whole school approach to the teaching of continuous   cursive handwriting. Choose your year group from Early Years to Year 6. •  To set up your school Letter-join account , the named school administrator need s to log in using the details sent with the ‘Welcome’ email. This video will guide   you through how to access all the different facilities on the School Admin page. • Find out  how to build a word bank  to make your own word animations for children to watch and practise at school and at home. • For help with fonts (whether it’s downloading them, displaying them correctly, choosing fonts for your class or selecting your preferred   letterforms) these video tutorials  are an essential aid for staff members.   -  Alternative letterforms  >   -  Classroom fonts  >   -  Download fonts for MS Word  >   -  Use fonts correctly in MS Word  > • Finally, don’t forget, Letter-join school subscriptions include lots of great handwriting activities for pupils to enjoy at home, using the   same letterforms which have been selected by your school. See where you can  find your schools’ Pupil log-in details  and  prepare parents  to set up for home learning with   Letter-join.

Here’s another fun game from Letter-join to encourage children to practise their handwriting at home. Great for home learning and to reinforce classroom handwriting lessons. LetterLotto is ideal for children to use at home on iPads and tablets for independent learning. Children can practise letter recognition and orientation of cursive letters and hear the sound of the letters whilst having fun matching them with the letters on their Lotto card. The letters are then displayed on a moving screen with a cheer of encouragement!

As with all Letter-join activities, a school’s preferred letterforms for f, k, w, x and z will be used, and the font (lead-in or no lead-in) will be as chosen by class teachers. Click the button and display a random letter. Is it on your card? Trace it neatly and it will be marked off your card. Complete the card to be rewarded with a cheer.

Here’s how to play:

• Under the Fun tab, select ‘LetterLotto’ .

• Choose a level to play from Easy, Harder or All.

• Click for a letter on the icon displayed and listen to its sound.

• If the letter   is not   on the Lotto card, click on the ‘cross’ icon to display the next letter.

• If the letter   is   on the Lotto card click on the ‘tick’ icon.

• Trace over the letter neatly and it will appear on the Lotto card.

• Repeat this until all the letters on the Lotto card have been matched.

Get ready to practise handwriting at home Letter-join includes lots of great handwriting activities for pupils to enjoy at home, using the same letterforms which have been selected by your school. NEW! ‘How to’ videos Watch Letter-join’s new videos to help ensure that teachers, pupils and parents are set up for home learning with Letter-join.

Video instructions for class teachers >

Video instructions for parents >

Class names When children log in from home, they can select their class name from the list. If your class name has not already been changed you can do it by selecting: Info > Account Information 

Here are some suggestions of tasks to set for home learning:

Early Years

• Watch and practise: Patterns, Easy letters, Easy words
• Write it Right! (Easy)
• Phonics phase 1 – click on the picture and make the noises
• Phonics phase 2 – listen to the sounds and trace the phonemes
• PhonicsMatch (Phase 2)
• Watch and practise: Easy words, Harder letters, Harder words
• Watch and practise ’More letters’: Capitals, Printed letters, Numbers, Symbols
• Write it Right! (Medium or Hard)
• Class Word Banks for: - high frequency words - spellings - seasonal vocabulary, etc.
• Word search (Easy or Medium)
• Phonics Phase 3, 4 or 5 – listen to the sounds and trace the phonemes and graphemes
• PhonicsMatch (Phase 3, 4 or 5)
• PhonicsMatch (revisit Phase 5)
• Word search (Hard or Harder)
• topic words
• French/Spanish vocabulary
• spellings, etc.

Go to Key Stage 2 Printouts and try:

• Note-taking – read the example and practise making notes
• Nice and Neat – practise copying longer passages in neat handwriting
• Word of the Week – use the template to explore a new and unfamiliar word
• History – research a topic and using the template, label a picture and write about it

Set class tasks

Find out how to set learning tasks for your pupils to access at home. Follow this link >

It’s Holi on 9th March 2020. Learn about the most popular Hindu festival with our Holi worksheets and activities which offer lots of handwriting practice too!

For the worksheets click: Resources > Printouts > Seasonal and Fillers > Festivals and select Holi. Find Holi word banks in Letter-join’s Fun section. Teachers can select a bank of ready-made animations of Holi words on the pull-down list, with or without lead-in lines, for children to practise at school or at home. Great for building and improving your class’s vocabulary and sparking interest for seasonal activities.

Children can choose ‘Watch’ to see the word being written and then ‘Try’ to trace over the words on a whiteboard or tablet.

For further handwriting practice click on ‘Activities’ to:

• Automatically produce a look, trace and copy spelling list using all the words in the seasonal word bank.

Letter-join’s phonics section has been updated and the addition of phase 5 completes this handy resource from Letter-join, offering further activities to support the teaching of phonics using cursive handwriting.

Teachers can choose from our wide range of printed resources by selecting from Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Posters and Handouts, or Seasonal and Fillers. Each section has a comprehensive list of all printouts, making it easier for staff to locate exactly what they need for teaching handwriting.

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Congressional efforts to investigate the state of antisemitism on campus have been bipartisan. But some lawmakers have been skeptical of efforts that focus exclusively on acts of bias against Jewish students and those that infringe on free speech.

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President Joe Biden weighed in on the substance and politics of campus protests in a May address to the nation stating, “There should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans.”

The president is slated to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia on May 19. According to reporting by the Associated Press , the announcement of his appearance sparked some backlash by students critical of the administration’s support for Israel. Morehouse is a historically Black college with a legacy of politically engaged students.

College campuses are already clearing out for the summer and protests are dwindling. As graduations take place across the country this weekend, it’s unclear how many will see demonstrations in the final days of the semester.

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Starting Word That’s Often Skipped

Jeremy Newton owes us an explanation.

By Sam Corbin

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MONDAY PUZZLE — In a themed crossword, constructors tend to include a revealer, a kind of breadcrumb trail that leads us definitively to the puzzle’s trick. In today’s puzzle, in contrast, Jeremy Newton seems to have scattered the entire loaf — if we’re sticking with the bread analogy — throughout his grid.

After I got the gist of Mr. Newton’s theme, it was a delight to keep discovering new dimensions of its execution. Joel Fagliano, a senior puzzle editor for The New York Times, echoed this sentiment in his commentary on what made the grid stand out. “It’s so hard to come up with a simple concept that involves multiple layers like this,” he said. Mr. Fagliano also cited today’s crossword, which he said “unfolds beautifully,” as one of his favorite Monday puzzles of the past few years. And lucky us, we get to solve it now.

Today’s Theme

Before proceeding, I should apologize: The summary of today’s column is a play on words. I’m not saying that Mr. Newton owes us an explanation — I mean that he O’s us one. Because we learn, “by following the path of O’s in this puzzle’s grid” (33A), exactly what Mr. Newton is up to.

These O’s, which “Zig or zag” (11A) — i.e. TURN — through a winding route from left to right, represent a ball in a game of MINIGOLF (18A). I was especially delighted by this game’s alliterative clue: “Popular pastime played with putters.”

Holes in MINIGOLF are often designed so that their walls can act as conduits for the ball. And here, our ball ricochets from the TEE (58A) right into the CUP (8A), scoring a HOLE-IN-ONE SHOT (33/34/35A)! Solvers of the digital version should see a whimsical completion animation of the winning putt.

Ever more the wordsmith than the athlete, I’d say working out this theme was just as thrilling as the achievement it celebrates. And according to Mr. Fagliano, it wasn’t easy to build. “Even the elegance of HOLE / IN ONE / SHOT crossing the path of O’s in three ways, that’s just a remarkable feat of construction,” he said.

Tricky Clues

12A. For my money, YO DOG qualifies as a “Slangy greeting” only when its second word is spelled just as slangily as its first: “dawg.”

31A. The diagonal line of O’s was the only thing that clued me into the fact that a “Small group of trees” couldn’t be a copse. Only GROVE worked.

56A. The entry for “Zero chance, pal!” often has a partner phrase: “No way” tends to precede NO HOW. (If you solved this entry without trouble, you have know -how.)

7D. The “Topic of a wistful breakup song” is LOST LOVE, and the Times Crossword seems to have an opinion about who sings them best: On two previous occasions, this entry was clued using Adele.

9D. Whenever a clue uses abbreviations, our entry needs to as well. “Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.” is URU, short for Uruguay.

49D. What’s one way to “Try to lighten up?” In the case of a question-marked clue, go for wit; the answer is a DIET.

Constructor Notes

I love crossword themes that use a letter to symbolize a real-world object. A few fun examples in past New York Times puzzles include stacked H’s for a ladder and a column of I’s for a spider’s thread . For years I’ve tinkered with rolling the letter O around the puzzle like a golf ball. The concept finally clicked when I noticed that an O could zigzag neatly through the answer HOLE-IN-ONE SHOT. Because this puzzle is in a 15x15 grid and not a larger Sunday grid, it seemed perfect for a MINIGOLF theme. I arranged black squares to help form the kind of winding path you might find on a minigolf course. The circle for the CUP was there from the beginning of construction. And when the grid was nearly filled, using the shaded square to represent a TEE pad seemed like the best starting point. It makes me happy that two visual mainstays of crossword puzzles — the circled square and the shaded square — are joining forces for this theme. I’m very proud to call this my first Monday puzzle for The Times! I’d heard that Mondays were traditionally tougher to make, since every answer must be clean and intuitive, and the rumors were 100 percent legit. In particular, smoothing out answers along the ricocheting path of O’s was a formidable challenge. Thank you to the puzzle team for adding a special post-solve animation to the digital version! I hope you enjoyed this Monday crossword, which I unofficially call “That’s Putting It Nicely!”

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Sam Corbin writes about language, wordplay and the daily crossword for The Times. More about Sam Corbin

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