
Saturday, August 5, 2023 - SWORDSMITH - yes, that *is* a career!
An eminently and appropriately challenging Saturday crossword by veteran cruciverbalist John Guzzetta, this is his 39th NYTimes appearance, and practice makes perfect, which basically describes today'...
6 Elo 202314min

Friday, August 4, 2023 - No WETNOODLES in this grid!
A brilliant Friday crossword by Brandon Koppy, no theme (of course: Fridays are almost always themeless), but a grid that was chockfull of clever clues/answers, such as 58A, Asteroids system, ATARI; 2...
5 Elo 202313min

Thursday, August 3, 2023 - EREWHON, gateway to ... NOWHERE?
The perfect blend of entertaining, educational, and 'ead scratching, today's crossword has something for everyone. A theme that makes you reach for it (in both senses of the phrase!); some thought pro...
4 Elo 202320min

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - Be careful, don't touch those touch-me-nots!
A breezy Wednesday crossword by Barbara Lin, with a theme that is vaguely related to Sunday's, and yet ... entirely different. You'll see what we mean when you listen to today's podcast, which we hig...
3 Elo 202312min

Monday, August 1, 2023 - BAHAMEN, ELO and RINGO, all in one grid? This crossword sings!
Today's crossword has a distinctly outdoorsy feel to it, and we'll give you tree guesses as to why. [Hint: there are no typos in the previous sentence, but a very bad pun] Besides our usual witty ban...
2 Elo 202317min

Monday, July 31, 2023 - An homage to a homonym 😀
The inventiveness of the NYTimes stable of cruciverbalists never ceases to amaze, and today's crossword is one reason why -- exhibit A, we might say, if we were in court, which ... nope, we're going t...
1 Elo 202311min

Sunday, July 29, 2023 - Attack of the killer spoonerisms!
A fun, not particularly difficult crossword ... excerpt for the parts that were 😀. Jean got through it fairly quickly, only hung up on TIC and TAC v. TIT and TAT; Mike had to labor longer, the lacun...
31 Heinä 202320min

Saturday, July 29, 2023 - Sam Ezersky spells it out for us 😀
Sam Ezersky, whose day job is to write another puzzle for the NYTimes, Spelling Bee, occasionally has been known to wander over into the crossword area, and today is one of those lucky days! His clues...
30 Heinä 202315min





















