Tuesday, February 13, 2023 - Finally, DOGTV makes it into the NYTimes Crossword. Woof!
A lovely pre-Valentine's Day crossword, clearly a labor of love by Peter Gordon, his ninth in the NYTimes. There was a sizable ... what's the term for a collection of inspired crossword clues? Apparen...
14 Helmi 202420min
Monday, February 12, 2024 - 😉😉
A gentle Monday crossword to get our work week going, with a theme that involved nonverbal answers. For those of you unaware, a nonverbal answer, written in [ ], is meant to evoke a sound or an action...
13 Helmi 20246min
Sunday, February 11, 2024 - We are not the least bit REPINE about today's crossword
Depending on your upbringing and life experiences, you have found this crossword to be a breeze (Jean), or a quagmire of naticks (Mike). Both agree that it was a fine crossword, for reasons that are s...
12 Helmi 202415min
Saturday, February 10, 2024 - Welcome to the YEAROFTHEDRAGON, GONGXIFACAI!
An elegant Saturday crossword by Zhouquin Burnikel, her 79th! It was a perfectly timed reminder that today is the Chinese New Year, the YEAROFTHEDRAGON, so GONGXIFACAI, everyone! The crossword was rel...
11 Helmi 202417min
Friday, February 9, 2024 - All rise, LOUIS Armstrong is in the grid!
A fine Friday crossword by Christina Iverson, who is, at least based on her NYTimes record, unable to write any other kind. Jean tore through this like nobody's business, Mike almost met his Waterloo ...
10 Helmi 202417min
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - Was this a most bodacious Thursday crossword? TRUTH!
Samuel A. Donaldson, having completed his 39th NYTimes crossword, demonstrates that practice makes perfect. Let's run through the list, shall we? Sly, wry, and occasionally totally deceptive theme? ...
9 Helmi 202416min
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - A crossword to sing about
Today's crossword was (mainly) a blast from the past, featuring a series of diverse musical hits with one common lyrical feature. Can you tell what LOLA, POKERFACE, MYGENERATION and CHANGES all have i...
8 Helmi 202414min
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - AISLED? That's wild! 😉
A terrific Tuesday crossword by Victor Barocas. We found the answer to 59D, Lacking clutter", NEAT, to be ... NEAT. We judged the answer to 44A, Perfect, IDEAL, to be ... IDEAL. Finally we found the ...
7 Helmi 202419min
