"Sexually suggestive and possibly offensive"

Apparently, the people who found the puzzle offensive don’t watch T.V., or listen to the radio, or go to movies, or get out in public very often. Perhaps there exists within our society a subculture of shut-in, crossword puzzle solvers, who all have the New York Times on speed dial – fingers poised – in case of just such a moral emergency.

Nevertheless, although I’ve not seen the puzzle (I’ve been out of the NYT Crossword loop for a few years now), some of the clues given in the article, combined with the puzzle’s title, do seem a bit more than coincidental – plenty of double entendre, and all that – clever. I’m surprised Will didn’t catch it. He’ll probably pay close attention to any puzzles submitted from that particular author in the future, though.