Saturday, February 12, 2022 - APERY, the sincerest form of flattery?
While the answer HAH! wasn't actually in today's crossword, it certainly was hovering nearby, because between the curious spellings of 30A, Russian dumpling, PIROGI, and 58A, Condiment made with peanu...
13 Helmi 202214min
Friday, February 11, 2022 - Oh, URANIA, you are so amusing!
An interesting Friday crossword - 6 15-letter answers, 3 at top, 3 at the bottom, a sight that can inspire a SHUDDER or two, and for good reason. But if one remembers 36D, "Just try to be calm...", BR...
12 Helmi 202215min
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - A crossword to GUSHOVER
This has been a very good week for New York Times crosswords, and this great Thursday crossword by August Miller keeps the streak alive, with a very inventive theme that shows a real ... eye for detai...
11 Helmi 202214min
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - Nothing's ever odious at the ODEUM
There's something slightly ... well, actually, quite fishy about today's crossword, which is a fine example of what crosswords should do -- entertain, educate, and make you want to go undersea explori...
10 Helmi 20229min
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - This crossword was PHAT! Probably too many TOTINOS 😀
A NEAT Tuesday crossword by a TRIO of constructors. There was a nice intersection -- 59A, Longtime Nabisco cookie [force], NEWTON, crossing 53D, Some members of the family Salamandridae, NEWTS; and s...
9 Helmi 202214min
Monday, February 7, 2022 - PEDRO Almodóvar, director extraordinaire!
An educational Monday crossword, with references to famous Spanish directors (1A, Director Almodóvar, PEDRO), the Spanish word for island, (34A, Ibiza, e.g., to a Spaniard, ISLA), and a gadget that w...
8 Helmi 20228min
Sunday, February 6, 2022 - It's a Stephen McCarthy Sunday puzzle: shields up!
For sci-fi fans, today's crossword will surely rekindle the debate - which was the better franchise, STARWARS or STARTREK. Stephen McCarthy answers it brilliantly. How did he do it? Consider these sho...
7 Helmi 202218min
Saturday, February 5, 2022 - AREPAS and BIBIMBAP and BANANACREAM, a gastronomic wonderland!
A tough, tough Saturday crossword by Kameron Austin Collins. Saturday's are traditionally the toughest crossword of the week, and Kameron barely holds back. For example ... 28D, Majors, say, BRASS, 5...
6 Helmi 202213min
