Thursday, February 16, 2023 - an L of a crossword 🙄
Most of the time the black squares are just standing guard, allowing clues to not run into one another and trigger an Everything, Everywhere, All At Once moment, but not today. In this puzzle, those b...
17 Helmi 202317min
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - Hulk SMERSH! ... or something like that 😀
A great way to celebrate Black History Month, with several famous civil rights leaders appearing in the grid, with their names slightly modified in honor of the DOUBLEV campaign of WWII. We found LOT...
16 Helmi 202315min
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - A Valentine's Day crossword guaranteed to make your heart go pitter-patter ❤️
A lovely Valentine's Day present from the New York Times to the world ... a somewhat challenging (for Mike) Tuesday crossword with a highly amusing theme, a very apt follow-up to yesterday's. We have ...
15 Helmi 202317min
Monday, February 13, 2023 - DIPPINDOTS , SPAGHETTIOS and FROOTLOOPS, nature's most perfect foods 😀
A marvelous Monday crossword, and your co-hosts had a rather unique experience solving it. We'd say more, but because today is "No-Spoiler Monday", we will refrain from doing so but rather encourage y...
14 Helmi 20239min
Sunday, February 12, 2023 - Pop goes the ... MARTEN??
Ooh, a tough Sunday crossword by Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson, thanks to an ingenious theme and some relatively obscure clues -- 12A, Catchy tunes, informally, BOPS; 49D, Cousin of a weas...
13 Helmi 202320min
Saturday, February 11, 2023 - This crossword was TOPPS!
A super Saturday crossword by the NYTimes Spelling Bee editor, Sam Ezersky, who occasionally wanders over into the crossword section to work his magic. And he did so today, with some nicely worded cl...
12 Helmi 202318min
Friday, February 10, 2022 - So, 'ave you any SOAVE? 😀
Ah, the NYTimes Crossword at its best -- slippery clues, devious double-entendres, all designed to trip up the unwary solver. Both our co-hosts had to dig deeply, and the whole story -- as well as a F...
11 Helmi 202318min
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - Welcome back, AMENRA!
The presence of 32D, Symbol of sharp wit, RAPIER, seems appropriate, because this crossword was brimming with the stuff (sharp wit, not RAPIERs), and the theme was also noteworthy. For both our co-hos...
10 Helmi 202314min
