Friday, May 13, 2022 - TCHOTCHKE, a spelling bee contestant's worst nightmare!
A tough Friday crossword, with Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon combining to make for a fiendishly clever puzzle, with the verbal misdirections coming fast and furious in every corner. Consider: 52A, Blu...
14 Touko 202215min
Thursday, May 12, 2022 - an überly good crossword!
Ross Trudeau is at the helm, meaning we're in for a treat, and the great man does not disappoint -- with an LOL theme that you need to see (or hear) to believe your eyes (or ears). We have the deets, ...
13 Touko 202211min
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - The name's Shady ... Slim Shady!
A not-at-all shady crossword by Michael Paleos, as a quick ONCEOVER of the grid will REVeal. It did include a few TIL /R (Today I Learned/Remembered) moments (for Mike: Jean knows all) including 9D,...
12 Touko 202211min
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - AMONRA, Sun god and bane of the SFCS (Society for Consistent Spelling)
A thoughtful Tuesday puzzler, not too difficult, and with some fun clues to entertain and educate. Jean momentarily forgot her blood types, and Mike momentarily forgot that EBEAMS are not a thing, but...
11 Touko 202216min
Monday, May 9, 2022 - Bring in the OUTRO!
TOOBADFORYOU if you neglected to do this crossword, because it'd be sure to put you in a HAPPY mood, no JOKE! So much for the executive summary, if you want the full 411, we cordially invite you to do...
10 Touko 202211min
Saturday, May 7, 2022 - BOOYAH, a crossword with MADAM C.J. WALKER
It's Friday all over again: Jean tore through this crossword like nobody's business, and again Mike took approximately twice the time to get to the happy music. To quote Jean, when asked, "to what do...
8 Touko 202215min
Friday, May 6, 2022 - SNOODS and SENSEIs and SEAMAPs, Oh My!
An easy / incredibly difficult crossword, according to Jean / Mike, the former benefitting from having memorized Wikipedia, and the latter disadvantaged by having forgotten it (well, almost all of it...
7 Touko 202219min
