Saturday, October 26, 2024 - The first person to record Hound Dog? Nope, not that guy, 'twas Big MAMA Thornton!
This is, incredibly, Peter A. Collins' 120th NYTimes crossword. His sweet spot seems to be Wednesdays, but he has published (unsurprisingly, with 120 puzzles in the archives) every day of the week, th...
27 Loka 202415min
Friday, October 25, 2024 - Any crossword with TENOUTOFTEN in the grid deserves, ... wait for it, ... a TENOUTOFTEN 😀
This was a debut crossword by Alex Murphy, and a fine debut it was - with a large-ish number of challenging clues, exactly what you'd expect and hope for in a Friday NYTimes puzzle. Beyond those cover...
26 Loka 202414min
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - Just finished that wonder water? Then it's bye, bye, BAI 🙄😀
A fun Thursday crossword by Ella Dershowitz, with a theme that will grow on you (or, since it involves NE, perhaps we should say glow on you🙄😀). All puns aside, this was a great crossword that has l...
25 Loka 202417min
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - A crossword with a lot of SPARK and FIRE
This was a lovely Wednesday crossword by veteran cruiciverbalists Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic, with a theme guaranteed to warm the cockles of academics everywhere, and inspire everybody else to Goo...
24 Loka 202414min
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - SPACE ... above us, around us and ... in the grid!
This is Barbara Lin's 14th NYTimes crossword since 2020, and to see why she keeps getting them published, just take a look at today's puzzle. We did, and are glad of it. Deets inside, as well as Jean'...
23 Loka 202412min
Monday, October 21, 2024 - Monday's crossword is fair of face, or, er, something like that ...
This was a straightforward crossword, as Monday's are wont to be, although one of our number had several mistakes that they had to ferret out before getting to the happy music. In the interests of hei...
22 Loka 202410min
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - Movie madness!
EGAD this was a fine crossword, it deserves some sort of AWARD for its EPIC themed clues and answers. There was NOTABIT of crosswordese in the grid, just ALOT of great cruciverbial magic. In short, we...
21 Loka 202418min
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - NUUK, one cool capital city!
Today's crossword was filled with amusing and tricky clues, like 46D, "Charms strike the sight, but _______ wins the soul": Alexander Pope, MERIT; and a nice combo, 7D, Branching point, NODE, and 8D, ...
20 Loka 202417min
