Friday, May 28, 2021

Friday, May 28, 2021

A somewhat challenging Friday, with head-scratchers in all 4 quadrants. Jean struggled in the middle of the crossword, with 40A, "Vice" principal?, DICKCHENEY, while Mike struggled with, well, it would be faster to say what he didn't struggle with -- he got 42D, Province named for a daughter of Queen Victoria, ALBERTA, right off the bat. Everything else he had to work for. In today's episode of Fun Fact Friday, we talk about Otis Boykin, best known for his work with resistors and pacemakers....

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Friday, July 1, 2022 - Shall we talk about the crossword? PRAYDO

Friday, July 1, 2022 - Shall we talk about the crossword? PRAYDO

A fine Friday effort by Christina Iverson and Caitlin Reid, although both of our dynamic duo (solving, as usual, independently) spent more of their solve time looking for mistakes than filling in the ...

2 Heinä 202216min

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - As a famous soothsayer once soothed, beware the I's of June -- or something like that

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - As a famous soothsayer once soothed, beware the I's of June -- or something like that

A brilliant Thursday crossword by Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson, that starts off -- as all great Thursday crosswords do -- by imbuing the solver with a sense of befuddlement and disbelief. The...

1 Heinä 202215min

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Look, up there in the sky, it's a test, it's a blood type, it's half a great Swedish rock band, it's ... AB!

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Look, up there in the sky, it's a test, it's a blood type, it's half a great Swedish rock band, it's ... AB!

In today's exciting installment, we go through the 4 stages of Rebus Identification, as today's crossword provides an excellent example of a rebus-festooned-grid. [Full disclosure: we do get a small g...

30 Kesä 202214min

Tuesday, June 22, 2022 - A True Treasure of a Tuesday!

Tuesday, June 22, 2022 - A True Treasure of a Tuesday!

A brilliant crossword by Scott Graham, all revolving around the twentieth letter of the English alphabet. Jean loved the implicit theme. Mike missed most of it, but in today's episode Jean sets him st...

29 Kesä 202215min

Monday, June 27, 2022 - Hooray, it's the HOYAS!

Monday, June 27, 2022 - Hooray, it's the HOYAS!

You might want to wear shades when solving this crossword, and RUBIN a dollop of SPF -- for reasons that will become abundantly clear once you've done so (solved the crossword, with or without the sun...

28 Kesä 202210min

Sunday, June 26, 2022 - Argh, beware, SHIPMATES, this here be a SALTY crossword

Sunday, June 26, 2022 - Argh, beware, SHIPMATES, this here be a SALTY crossword

If you like movies, and you like puns, you'll love today's puzzle, which is teeming with them. Who can resist simultaneously giggling and groaning at 61A, Staunch dedication to one's upper leg exercis...

27 Kesä 202211min

Saturday, June 25, 2022 - TAQUERIA mockingbird??

Saturday, June 25, 2022 - TAQUERIA mockingbird??

A fine Saturday crossword by Adam Aaronson. Jean tore through it so quickly that her keyboard melted, whereas Mike's keyboard was in no danger whatsoever, except from a mild fist pounding from time to...

26 Kesä 202214min

Friday, June 24, 2022 - A grid that's AHUM with with great SPIRIT

Friday, June 24, 2022 - A grid that's AHUM with with great SPIRIT

A great Friday crossword by Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel: the clues were crisp, the answers rare if not unique, and the crosswordese meter was reading just about 0. A grid with the likes of SOR...

25 Kesä 202212min

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